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...system is an unsustainable disaster, but you can keep your piece of it if you want. And the Democrats wonder why selling health care reform to the public has been so hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fatal Flaw of Obamacare | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...emotional persuasion. In two minutes, I had forgiven her for Mamma Mia!, and when she wasn't onscreen, I felt bereft, even though I knew a diet of nothing but Streep as Child would be like living on laughing gas, lobster and chocolate. Poor Adams. It's no wonder she seems to be trying too hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Julie & Julia: Streep, Ephron and the Joy of Cooking | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...greenroom generals of the neoconservative movement cried appeasement, their instinctive reaction to contact with thugs who are not our thugs. But you don't have to be part of the bombs-away brigade to wonder whether we should be giving lying maniacs what they want. It isn't going to stop their lying or their mania, and it makes us look hypocritical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...parts of the affected breast removed, a procedure followed by several weeks of potentially toxic radiation therapy, or to opt for a mastectomy, removing the entire breast and contending with the disfigurement that entails. The decision typically rests on where and how widespread the tumors are. It's no wonder, then, that more and more women are relying on high-tech MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans to help them examine their cancer and choose the right treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why MRIs Don't Lead to Better Cancer-Survival Rates | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

...political future was "dependent on his acceptance of velayat-e faqih [or rule by the clergy, the founding tenet of the Iranian theocracy and the chief pillar of the Supreme Leader's power]." Some members of the opposition, already worried that the IRGC is writing the script current events, wonder if the Guards did not pre-plan the entire crackdown. They point out that four days before the presidential election, the Guards' weekly newspaper, Sobhe Sadeq, warned of a "Velvet Green revolution" and said the IRGC would never permit the opposition movement to come to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revolutionary Guards: Gaining Power in Iran | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

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