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...then she calls home, and her eldest sister, Samira, sets her straight. You can't come back, she says. It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight. Think of your son's future, Samira says. Stay in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Iraqis Come to America | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

...life to preserve his country's cultural heritage, was one of seven men who had keys to the vault. All seven keys were needed to open it, so by spreading them around and keeping their locations secret (in case of death, a key reverted to the keeper's eldest son), they were able to preserve the treasures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Afghanistan's Art | 1/8/2008 | See Source »

Other possible runners had included Benazir's sister Sanam, though she seemed incredibly reluctant to join the family firm, or Fatima Bhutto, the daughter of Zulfikar Ali's eldest son Murtaza. Fatima, however, had split with her aunt Benazir, whom she once described as "the most dangerous woman in Pakistan." The decision to go with Bilawal appears to have come after his father turned down the job in deference to the slain Benazir's expressed wishes. The senior PPP official, who requested anonymity to allow him to speak more openly, told TIME that Bilawal will head the party, and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhutto's Successor | 12/29/2007 | See Source »

Jack E. Fishburn ’08 plays Titus, a Roman general, who returns from war to find that the Roman people have elected him as their new emperor. He nobly relinquishes his throne to Saturninus (John Greene), the late emperor’s eldest son. Saturninus accepts and takes Tamora, Queen of the Goths, as his Empress. In her new position of power, Tamora wreaks bloody revenge on Titus, who killed her eldest son, and his entire family...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Troubling ‘Titus’ In the Ex | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...Dritan, Shain and Eljvir Duka are illegal immigrants from the former Yugoslavia, but they look and sound like Americans. They wear sports jerseys and speak with New York accents. The eldest, Dritan, arrived in the States when he was 5. He can't remember living anyplace else. When they were small, the Duka brothers worked as models in New York City. Eljvir appeared in a rock-music video, Dritan was an extra in Law & Order, and Shain was in a commercial for the World Wrestling Federation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fort Dix Conspiracy | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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