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...immediate evacuation of U.S. and British troops; others ask that Iraq be made the fifty-first state; and some demand both in the same breath. Most long only for a place in the shade and a future better than their past, but their pride as an ancient, wise and strong people should not be underestimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Finding Order in the Chaos | 5/9/2003 | See Source »

Rather than faulting them for improper developing of prints or weak “visual arrangement skills,” Moss would have been wise to laud these students for investing themselves in learning a new skill and working hard to create such impressive works in their spare time, when nobody is giving them a grade or even requiring them to attend class...

Author: By Rachel Vessey, | Title: Don’t Judge Amateur Artists As Professionals | 5/7/2003 | See Source »

...pretend the U.S. really is prepared to send its best and brightest to help rebuild Iraq. And let's concede, as Ferguson contends, that "liberal imperialism," with its free flow of capital and goods, really can help poor countries grow richer. Would the U.S. be wise to commit itself to such a vocation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Empires Strike Out | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...forgive me if I don't join the new fad. Nations need time to develop institutions that guarantee liberty and prosperity. It took France around 90 years to go from violent revolution to a settled bourgeois democracy. All countries make mistakes, and wise ones will seek help and protection from outside their borders. But let the help they seek be of their own volition, let the mistakes they make be of their own making - and let imperialism stay where it should have been left, as a subject of enjoyable books and speeches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Empires Strike Out | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...allowed the budget to pass that limits the size of the cut, is portrayed as a newbie rolled by his more experienced colleagues. " (Budget Chairman Don) Nickles wanted a budget before recess" says a White House official involved in selling the tax plan, "and Frist gave it to him." Wise GOP Senate hands shoot back that the votes were never there for the full Bush plan and Frist took what he could get before the package lost more support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome to the Feud | 5/4/2003 | See Source »

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