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Huff's monologues come alive in a way most conventional plays don't. In recounting the horrific, but hardly implausible, series of events that push their friendship to the breaking point, the two cops narrate much of the action; occasionally comment indirectly on each other's recollections; sometimes re-create actual scenes together. Cumulatively, the effect is to drain the sometimes shocking events of any melodrama, to force us to see them with the same resigned, matter-of-fact detachment these characters do. The taut, 90-minute script builds with a tragic inevitability, yet with a coda of redemption that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jackman and Craig: Chicago Cops, Broadway Stars | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

While there was some public annoyance with Washington's action, the government's attempt to appeal to Kenyan nationalism may have backfired. Regular Kenyans seem to think that Brother Barack was only doing his familial duty. An unofficial television poll after the news of the U.S. letters broke found that 82% of respondents disagreed with the Foreign Ministry's move to summon Ranneberger. And no one is more critical of Kenya's leaders than Kenyans themselves. "The government's attitude has been that this can't be happening unless somebody's inciting Obama and that it's got nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Talk of Kenya: What Does Obama Have Against Us? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...tasks we did," she says. Now a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and an MP for Kevin Rudd's Labor Party, Voltz says she joined the military police because in 1987 it was the only military corps in which, as a woman, she would see some action. "I wasn't going to join the army to cook, or to type, or to be a signaler in some room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Soon Will Australia's Female Soldiers Be on the Frontlines? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...Fusion - are relatively large and expensive (for India). Small cars - those powered by engines of 1.5 liters or less and generally costing no more than $8,000 - drive 70% of auto sales in the country. "Ford was operating in just 30% of the market," says Khattar. "All the action was happening elsewhere." The diminutive Figo is Ford's bid for the sweet spot. "You have to be in the small car segment to be a relevant player in India," says Rajat Dhawan, who heads McKinsey's automotive practice in India. (See pictures of the world's cheapest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With the Figo, Ford Tries to Crash India's Car Market | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

Obama later called the talks a "constructive beginning" but insisted that Iran follow up with "constructive action" to prove its stated commitment to confine itself to peaceful nuclear development. "We're not interested in talking for the sake of talking," he said. "Pledges of cooperation must be fulfilled." (Read Tony Karon's previous analysis of the Geneva talks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Nuke Talks: Succeeding Beyond (Low) Expectations | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

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