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...There was a tendency to think of the USSR in abstract terms and demonize it,” she said, adding that it was vastly important for a younger generation who had received little exposure to the “other side...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Semester Abroad Behind the Iron Curtain | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...night where Mary Tyler Moore once ruled, CBS is now banking on Kevin Ferguson, a mixed martial arts fighter who goes by the stage name of Kimbo Slice, to draw younger viewers, especially men ages 18 to 34. But in giving such a prime-time spot to mixed martial arts (MMA), the fast-growing, full-combat sport that combines elements of boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, jujitsu and other disciplines, the network is taking a calculated gamble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kimbo Slice Gets His Prime-Time Shot | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

...country where 4.7 million people live on less than 50 cents a day, the surge of investment is changing lives and could help create jobs. The country desperately needs more employment opportunities. About a third of Cambodians are 15 years old or younger, and they'll be entering the workforce in droves over the next two decades. Hundreds of NGOs are already busy trying to fix Cambodia, and about 20% of the government's total budget still comes from foreign aid. The prospect of a tourism boom coupled with the start of domestic oil production offers the tantalizing possibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Improbable Paradise | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...alarming rise in deadly violence among British teens. Former child actor Robert Knox, who was cast as the minor character Marcus Belby in the sixth Harry Potter movie and had signed on to appear in the seventh and final film, was stabbed to death while defending his younger brother in a brawl outside a pub in Kent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...shrugged and rejoined society in Chicago, where he had grown up. It wasn't difficult. While he was in hiding, his father was CEO of Commonwealth Edison, the big utility. Ayers the elder sat on every Establishment board in town--Northwestern, the Tribune Co., the Chicago Symphony. Ayers the younger and his wife were welcomed back into the fold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rejecting Obama's Radical Friends | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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