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...turn of George, Andreas' eldest son. Papandreou, 57, who was elected Prime Minister last October, has spent most of his first six months in office keeping Greece from bankruptcy and forcing through reforms. In the cavernous, colonnaded rooms of Maximos Mansion, where he met TIME on March 29, the Papandreou legacy seems to hang uneasily on the down-to-earth, softly spoken premier. The Apple laptop on his desk, the Prius in the driveway and the bold modern art next to the leather-bound books are small but telling signs of how he is shaking up the fusty world...
Lamott is accustomed to laughing at herself. The essayist and novelist has spent much of the past 30 years chasing profound truths, pinning them to the page and then dousing them with self-deprecating humor. She makes life's terrifying challenges seem small enough to hold in your hand, cameos to contemplate rather than big pictures to overwhelm, whether it's writing a book (Bird by Bird), finding faith (Traveling Mercies) or saying farewell to a loved one (Hard Laughter). See the all TIME 100 novels...
...bans Russia imposed on Polish food imports in recent years, calling them part of a strategy of political blackmail and manipulation. In 2006, he even proposed that the European Union impose sanctions on Russia for its economic bullying in Eastern Europe. His animosity had deep roots. In 1980, he spent nearly a year in prison for "anti-socialist" activities when the Moscow-backed communist government imposed martial law in Poland. After his release, he became a leader of the underground Solidarity movement that campaigned for democratic reform, helping to topple the communist regime. (See pictures of the Buffalo, N.Y. plane...
...various types, heard literally nothing from nine of these organizations. These were applications into which I had poured several hours each, filling out endless forms, crafting cover letters, asking for recommendations, and writing essays. Time and effort that, for the all reaction I got, might have been better spent hanging with my friends or getting homework done. It almost makes you wonder if your application was even considered, even read, even opened in the first place...
...earthquake carried the power of 10,000 Hiroshima bombs. It severed power and communication lines, closed highways, sparked looting and led the country's President to declare a state of emergency. Within minutes of the quake, Bieniawski had gathered the NNSA officials in a hotel lobby, where the group spent the next four hours trying to make contact with two sites - a military base and research reactor - where the uranium had been stored. Unable to reach one of the sites by phone, the head of the Chilean nuclear agency, Fernando Lopez-Lizana, eventually had to drive there himself. (See pictures...