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...When Gephardt joined in, it was to underscore what the Democrats see as the irresponsibility inherent in Bush's plan. "If what the President said tonight sounded too good to be true," he warned, "it probably is." He went on to paint a grim picture of all the programs that would suffer if the surplus were gobbled up by a tax break: Medicare, prescription benefits, higher minimum wage and improved public schools...
...Commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa, leaked a few weeks ago referred to the island's governor, Keiichi Inamine, and other local politicians as "nuts and a bunch of wimps." Says Suzuyo Takazato, a member of the Naha City Council in Okinawa, "These incidents are not isolated cases. They paint a picture of an arrogant and unruly military from the very top to the bottom...
...Details of women trafficking are hard to come by. Like the drug trade, it takes place in a shadowy world where victims and witnesses are intimidated into silence. But dozens of interviews by Time with investigators, traffickers and women freed from bondage paint a harsh picture of medieval abuse and cruelty: during off hours women are kept in cellars, sleeping on the floor or on tables, surviving on fast food. Those who balk are raped, beaten or burned with cigarettes. A 19-year-old Moldovan woman rescued recently from Kosovo reported not seeing daylight for a month. "I never thought...
Chillicothe's fortunes typically mirror those of the rest of the country. When a busload of TIME journalists traveling across the country on Route 50 visited the town four years ago, its economy was booming (even though residents were wary about trusting their good fortune). Paint Street, once a wasteland of decaying brick buildings, was dotted with antique shops and boutiques. Real estate prices were soaring. Shoppers scooped up 12,000 BTU air conditioners and top-of-the-line wrought-iron patio furniture...
Talk to a resident living downwind of a North Carolina hog factory and you're likely to hear tales of odors that can peel paint. In the Tar Heel state, the swine industry famously generates mountains of waste - some 19 million tons a year - and critics have long charged that the industry pollutes the air and water illegally. This week the country's biggest hog processor and producer, Smithfield Foods, is expected to be the target of a blitz of lawsuits filed by environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a posse of class-action lawyers who are mounting an assault...