The good news is that the American economy is back to its precrisis size. The U.S
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN: To Beat the Blitz
The greatest battle of World War II may still be fought on English soil. If it is, one of many reasons that Hitler may be beaten will be the new and growing British People's Army opposing him: Brit ain's Home Guard
Israeli-Palestinian Deadlock Negates Obama’s New Arab Outreach
When President Barack Obama flew to Cairo two years ago to deliver a speech designed to start an American conversation with the Muslim world, it seemed an almost revolutionary act — and the enthusiasm of his reception was in sharp contrast with the Arab world’s widespread hostility towards President George W.
The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam
There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world, and Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion. If the evil carnage we witnessed on Sept.
Palestinian Border Protests: The Arab Spring Model for Confronting Israel
After more than 100 Palestinians breached Israel’s border with Syria on Sunday, knocking down a fence and striding into a village in the Golan Heights, overmatched Israeli security forces scrambled to glean what they could from the protesters who had just, without so much as a sidearm, penetrated farther into the country than any army in a generation.
People: Apr. 3, 2000
YOU MAY ALREADY BE A COLLECTOR Among the distinctions that painters covet–gallery shows, a high price for their work at auction, placement in a museum, a patron–being cited by the Guinness Book of World Records is not a must-have. But JANE WOOSTER SCOTT received that honor recently when she was named the “Most Reproduced Artist in America.” “I heard I was closing in on the title; for a while I was running neck and neck with Picasso,” says Wooster Scott, whose work appears on jigsaw puzzles, Christmas cards and calendars
Are Asian Free-Trade Agreements Producing a New Bloc?
The great recession hasn’t been great for free trade. As unemployment has risen throughout the world, governments have become more focused on protecting their own industries than on promoting international commerce
Syria’s Assad Bashes Heads, Hoping His Regime’s Strategic Importance Buys It a Pass
Location, in real estate and sometimes in politics, is everything.
THE RECESSION: Gloomy Holidays–and Worse Ahead
Not for many years has a Christmas season begun with so many tidings of spreading discomfort and lack of joy about the U.S. economy
Cher
The show runs against The Wonderful World of Disney in the 7:30 slot on Sunday night, and there is something wackily inspired about this amusing little coincidence that the CBS programmers have arranged.