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What do you call a Yugo with a flat tire? Totaled. What's included in every Yugo owner's manual? A bus schedule. What do you call a Yugo that breaks down after 100 miles? An overachiever.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yugo: Worst Car Ever? | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

Despite the endless second-guessing, hand-wringing, finger-pointing and doomsaying (from the left, the right, the center and, predictably, the fourth estate), the President is on the precipice of an extraordinary legislative achievement. If he is victorious, he will get his win in much the manner he anticipated before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Health Care Loss Would Mean for Obama | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

From the get-go, the President wished for the best but expected the worst. Obama hoped for bipartisan support but knew his expansive goals for expanded coverage would make it a challenge. He knew that the press coverage would emphasize setbacks and discord over progress. He knew it would be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What a Health Care Loss Would Mean for Obama | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

Interviewed at his guarded home in Kabul, Zaeef says he never spoke to Zakir at Gitmo, because Zakir (identified as Prisoner No. 8) was kept in a different cell block. After a month of sleep deprivation ("The guards would force me to stand every time I tried to sit down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Dilemma | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

In his speech on Sunday, Wen shot down expectations that China would allow the value of the renminbi to appreciate significantly, saying it was correctly valued and would remain "basically stable at a reasonable level" this year. "We oppose nations finger-pointing or even using forceful methods to compel a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Takes Aim at the U.S. on Currency Conflict | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

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