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Cuno said his move was timed to minimize disruption, since the plans for the museum expansions have been completed while community relations work and building lie ahead...
...noted less for what it has rebuilt after 23 years of war than for its endurance and for making ordinary Afghans feel less in peril. TIME sent photographers Alexandra Boulat, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey and John Stanmeyer to Afghanistan to capture what has already changed and what challenges lie ahead...
While there is no excuse for intelligence and law-enforcement agencies to fail in their duty to protect us, we can show some understanding of their shortcomings. What we cannot forgive is any cover-up of the truth--if you screw up, at least don't lie to us. Obfuscation engenders in Americans a pure lack of trust for their most important institutions. Considering only the numerous cover-ups since Watergate, I feel it is not surprising that Americans are steadily losing faith in their government. JERRY LUPU Albany...
...Wyclef is easily hip-hop's best songwriter; on this new CD, he's focused about 40% of the time. On songs such as PJ's and Two Wrongs, he fuses reggae, folk and R. and B. into a sound all his own. The songs have hooks, but they lie back, content to let the lyrics and complex composition shine. The rest of the time he jumps between faux radio skits and crass, attention-seeking covers. Wyclef thinks anything he touches is interesting, but some things, like his hideous update of December, 1963 (Oh What a Night), are best left...
...everyone agrees that the incidence of fibbing is up, nobody agrees why. Employers find that applicants tend to lie more when the economy turns south and jobs grow scarce. The real predictor of who will stretch the truth, however, is not underlying work circumstances but underlying personality. According to psychologist Robin Inwald, head of New York City-based Hilson Research, which sells psychological testing to corporations, almost all job applicants score high on what is known as the guardedness scale--the degree to which they are determined to make a good impression on a potential employer...