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...learn that when he lived in Virginia Beach, Va., McCain participated in the "most raucous and longest beach parties of any squadron in the Navy." We learn of the strip club dancers, the toga party and the nights spent sneaking away from school to drink. We read about the "slim and blond" fashion model in Rio, whom he dated on shore leave in 1957, and their final moonlit night when she greeted him on a terrace "not dressed for dinner." We further learn that his hard-partying habits were genetic. McCain's father, a submariner-turned admiral named Jack, told...
...past thirteen years, the church has been undergoing reconstruction efforts, of which Harvard’s spring break trip was the most recent. According to McCarthy, the amount of time that has been devoted to rebuilding this church is the longest he has seen...
...Given that the Olympics are sparking Chinese pride, advocacy organizations with some of the longest experience dealing with China, such as the savvy International Campaign for Tibet, have harshly criticized Beijing's rights record but have not called for a boycott. Even the Dalai Lama has not advocated one, citing how important this year's Games are to the Chinese people...
...violence and fear. We inherit a legacy of consciously cultivated division and rage. We have been taught to fight each other, yet as youth, we have more cause than any group to be united. We share in the fact that as young people, we must inhabit this world the longest. As the most recent arrivals, we have the least stake in the old feuds and irrational strife of the past. Today—bound together by instantaneous global communication—we are conscious of this in a way no other generation of young people has ever been. Yet, everywhere...
TIME's World Editor, Bobby Ghosh, was the longest serving print journalist in Iraq until he moved to New York City six months ago. On the eve of the anniversary, Ghosh returned to Baghdad to write a follow-up piece to his 2006 cover story, Life in Hell...