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...with war and terrorism, as well as alienation from some longtime allies, the scientific triumph was a moment to remind the world what the U.S. still does better than anyone else ever has, marshalling its imagination and technological prowess to send robotic emissaries into outer space. It didn't hurt the effort to mend international fences that the mission is being conducted in collaboration with the European and Italian space agencies. And it didn't hurt the domestic sense of pride that the arrival at Saturn occurred in the run-up to the Fourth of July...
...announced that it will require companies to pare their employees' workweeks down from the six-day schedule that saw the nation through years of rapid growth. But the shorter period comes at a price: some are concerned that higher labor costs and lower productivity incurred by the move will hurt Korea's already sagging economy...
...unfavorable view, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. "Because of their antipathy for the other side, they don't have to love [Kerry]," says Curtis Gans of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. But from the Democrats' point of view, it sure wouldn't hurt...
...constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The measure is almost certain to fail. Still, Frist wants to force Democrats--most of whom oppose the amendment, as does the party's presumptive nominee for President, John Kerry--to put their opposition on record in the hope that the issue will hurt them this fall. But some Republican opponents of the amendment are complaining that Frist's ploy will put them on the spot as well. Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee tells TIME he has begun organizing G.O.P. moderates who oppose the amendment--and even some conservatives who object to tinkering with...
...tangled mess strewn across the platforms of suburban rail stations and along the narrow tracks on their approach to the Atocha train station. Dear friends, many of whom shared the daily commute with me, remained an ocean away, out of direct contact. Luckily no one I knew was hurt...