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...experience] that would make many countries failed states. But we didn't fail. A country where a million people have been lost. A country which has really been shattered beyond what you could imagine. A country that had 3 million people displaced. Every institution completely destroyed. Starting not from zero, but below. And we had to bring these people back together, people whose minds and hearts were seriously wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Conversation with Rwandan President Paul Kagame | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...world's a stage when the General Assembly comes to town, and Ahmadinejad strutted and fretted plenty. He was snubbed first by the city of New York when he proposed laying a wreath at ground zero. No can do, police said; too big a security risk, which was rather delicately put, given how revolted New Yorkers were by the prospect of a tyrant's hand touching sacred ground. Next came Columbia University's president, Lee Bollinger, who managed to outrage just about everyone either for inviting Ahmadinejad to speak or for insulting him before he had a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Snub | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...Winter Games in Turin, Luxembourg picked up a grand total of zero medals...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Big List, Small Country | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...leftover Thai food that Spice restaurant leaves there. With residents who have the house’s long-term existence in mind, future Adams House seniors can look forward to this sweet deal. That is, if these guys stick with the 70 percent of Harvard students who had zero to four drinks last time they partied...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior House: A House for Us All. (Yes Freshies, Even You.) Rage On. | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

Plug-in, spray or stand-alone liquid and gel air fresheners are used in nearly 75% of U.S. households, and the market has doubled since 2003 to $1.72 billion. The NRDC tested products, including those labeled "all-natural" or "unscented," and found a wide range of phthalate content, from zero parts per million (ppm) to 7,300 ppm. Many air fresheners contained a phthalate known as DEP and some also contained DBP, which are listed by the California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a developmental toxin and female and male reproductive toxin, respectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How "Fresh" Is Air Freshener? | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

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