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Rather than target the crops, however, the new campaign aims to crush trafficking kingpins and their patrons in government who have formed power centers to rival those of noncorrupt officials. The problem so far has been gathering evidence against the crooked players, but now the DEA has given special-ops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dope War in Afghanistan | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

What makes Plans bearable--and sometimes even better than that--is extremely tight music. Death Cab's previous albums were always listenable but rarely arresting or tense. On Plans, the hooks are everywhere. Someday You Will Be Loved starts like a standard ballad until an exaggerated bass line kicks up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Major Label, Minor Key | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

The real Rowling's hair is sort of gold, although at the moment it has about an inch of dark roots. Which is understandable, since in the past six months she has given birth to her third child--daughter Mackenzie--and completed the sixth book in the Harry Potter series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: J.K. Rowling Hogwarts And All | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

Writing under his own byline in the New York Times Magazine last week, President Reagan condemned organized crime as "this dark, evil enemy within." He praised a commission he had appointed for exposing "the all too rarely discussed problem of those institutions and professionals--such as corrupt banks, unions or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Company :A warning about tainted unions | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Giamatti is flattered. "But I don't buy it," he says. In Hollywood face is fate, and with thinning hair, crooked teeth and no chin, Giamatti knows that his mug will almost always be cast in the service of actors with cheekbones. Unlike some of his rage-filled characters, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Best Character Actor | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

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