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...That complaint has long been shared by the anti-immigrant far right in France, whose leader Le Pen complained that France "cannot recognize itself in the national side." Still, it was precisely the makeup of its national team that allowed French soccer to play a major role in helping France imagine for itself a more cosmopolitan identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Head Butt Furor: A Window on Europe's Identity Crisis | 7/13/2006 | See Source »

Some escapees cannot function in the outside world but are desperate to try. One wheelchair case, angered that his family would not remove him from his nursing home, broke out and was found dead in the Chicago River. But many are streetsmart, eluding police for long stretches, sometimes cadging up to six meals a day at various social agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The New Runaways: Old Folks | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

...runaways," says Chicago Police Officer Guy Neubert, a missing-persons specialist, "are often loners who cannot handle institutional living. They have been self-reliant and suddenly everything is done for them. They have nothing to do, and they want out." In most institutions an inmate receives only $25 to $30 a month from Social Security benefits and other income, while the home gets the rest. Out on the street, he has no bed or home, but he may have independence and a Social Security check for about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The New Runaways: Old Folks | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

Jessi and Lori stood back to back, because it just felt safer that way. They joked, or tried to, because they were so scared. As hard as she tries now, Jessi cannot remember what they said. It was something silly, something about not getting shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jessica Lynch: Book Excerpt: Wrong Turn In The Desert | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

...cannot say I regret my act, because that would mean [Materazzi] had the right to say what he did," Zidane nonetheless insisted. "No one has the right to say such things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yo Mama! The Head Butt Explained | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

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