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Score one for pressure. Bill Clinton has flexed some muscle in the Caribbean, and Haiti's military regime seems close to crying uncle. Backed into a corner, the strongmen who have ruled Haiti since overthrowing President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 appear to want a face-saving way out of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE POLITICAL INTEREST FEELING THE HEAT | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

In an agitated, defensive voice, Pena said an FAA report proved that discount airlines were as safe as the major carriers. But Pena had to know this simply wasn't true. He was protecting an airline just the way government officials had for decades. In fact, the FAA had an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

The Iranians conduct such tests several times a year. While such testing is provocative, Iran has defensive motives for it as well: it was 20 years ago this month that the U.S. Navy cruiser Vincennes killed 290 people aboard an Iranian airliner as it flew across the Persian Gulf after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saber-Rattling from Iran and Russia | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

Go to the website for the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the government agency created after 9/11 to help redevelop Ground Zero and environs, and the first thing you'll see is a slogan that probably sounds a lot more defensive than intended: There Is a Plan for Lower Manhattan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mess at Ground Zero | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

Spain is everything you want in a champion. From goalkeeper Iker Casillas to strikers Torres and David Villa, Spain was superb in every area of the pitch, a paragon of possession, of knife-edge passing, and, for once, capable of imposing its style on everyone. The notable exception was the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soccer's Reign of Spain | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

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