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In an age of intense diversity, police often fail to understand that their real job is not war but peace—or that unnecessary force makes counterviolence seem legitimate.

From Time Magazine Archive

The good news is that the Shi'ites did not choose to launch a spasm of counterviolence but instead signed the draft interim Iraqi constitution.

From Time Magazine Archive