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The Nation: The American Wanderer, in All His Stripes Rootlessness, the label that sticks to stories like Barack Obama?s, is a national trait that both attracts and repels. The World: A Marathon Long Before China Began a Mad Dash In 1973, the race was shorter to assist runners weakened by the Cultural Revolution. Ideas & Trends: Becoming the Big New Idea: First, Look the Part The wind turbine excels aesthetically. Perhaps economically, too. Ideas & Trends: Talking Sports the Way Men Really Talk Sports Few celebrity divorces have been as inevitable, and perhaps as piercing, as the one between Mike and the Mad Dog. Crowd Funding: A Different Way to Pay for the News You Want Journalists are turning to the public for ideas and the money to do their investigative reporting. The World: Barriers That Are Steep and Linguistic To understand the conflict in Georgia, listen to how people speak in the Caucasus. The World: It?s Legacy Time. Rice Fights for Hers on Familiar Turf. As her tenure winds down, the Russia expert faces a personal test.