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...tried your hand at Thai massage and whipped up green curry at a cooking class. Yawn. How about learning how to take out an opponent with a well-timed kick? Until recently, learning Muay Thai, or Thai kickboxing, in its country of origin has been a strictly no-frills affair-think tin-roofed pavilions with old equipment and nary an electric fan in sight. But looking to tap into Muay Thai's increasing popularity, Thailand's top boxing promoter, Songchai Ratanasuban, has opened the One Songchai Institute of Muay Thai, tel: (66-2) 618 5314, a school attached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boxing Clever | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

Critics tend to be as susceptible to elevated sentiment as real people are. They love a movie that makes them cry, especially for what their politics tells them are noble reasons. Well, I'm a critic, predictably progressive and a pushover for movie sentiment. (An Affair to Remember, wipe me out one more time.) Audiences may laugh at an Adam Sandler movie, but that doesn't make it good. The same applies to a film that cozies up to an audience's political beliefs. You're welcome to cry, but don't feel good about it in the morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Attack of the Left-Wing Weepie | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...think that would have to be a resounding yes. People can disapprove of a man for having an affair, people can disapprove of a woman having an affair, but when it ultimately comes down to it, a lot of people do it. What they do with their own reactions to their partner's infidelities is up to them. I don't think outsiders have a right, as much as we all judge - human beings are by nature judgmental - I don't think people have a right to judge and, if they do have their opinions, to actually use another human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Frieda Hughes | 3/13/2007 | See Source »

...opera among operas, the artistic aspirations of the Lowell House Opera are also high, and “Der Rosenkavalier” fills the stage with four hours of romance, intrigue, and deception. The performance—sung in German, with projected English subtitles—opens on the affair of the Marschallin, Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg (Annette Betanski), with her young lover, Octavian (Emily Marvosh...

Author: By Nan N. Ransohoff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Stars Make ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ a Success | 3/12/2007 | See Source »

Ratcheting up its investigation of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the House Judiciary Committee is turning its attention to the White House's role in the affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyeing a White House Role in the U.S. Attorney Firings | 3/9/2007 | See Source »

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