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...Jack trying to come to grips with rabbit stew) and multilingual frenzy (dealing with a vegan saboteur in a fast food restaurant) does not seem entirely amiss to you, this anti romantic and anti-comic - it's not as funny as Delpy seems to think it is - movie may appeal to the dark side of your immune system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paris Not for Lovers | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

...career - he says he plans on writing until 80 at least - expect his global readership to follow, even for reasons they can't quite articulate. Murakami, John Updike writes, "is a tender painter of negative spaces." Perhaps that ability to finger the ineffable is what finally explains his global appeal. "When I write fiction, I go down to the dark places," says Murakami. What could be more universal than the nameless stuff of our deepest dreams? Murakami doesn't illuminate the darkness - he lets symbols be - but with the company of his voice, we don't face it alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haruki Murakami Returns | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...Indian share of the market has grown over the years--members of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) now own 37% of the U.S. hotel industry--AMERICAN OWNED signs keep popping up outside motels around the country. While this seemingly innocuous phrase may appeal to many customers, it can also be intended as code for "not owned by immigrants," an attempt to divert business from upstanding first- or second-generation citizens whose ethnicity distinguishes them from most of their small-town neighbors. To those in the know, like veteran road-trip author Michael Wallis, AMERICAN OWNED is a subtle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No-Tell Motels | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...real, they've also marginalized themselves," says P.T. Black, a marketing consultant who follows trends in China. "People don't understand why you wouldn't want to be mainstream." Because consumerism is still quite new here, the true punk lifestyle, beyond the loud music and crazy hair, enjoys limited appeal. Even Ma will have to make his peace with the commercial world - a student of stage design, he plans to pursue a career outside his biking. "In this society," he says, "there's no way for me to live like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Punk Republic of China | 8/7/2007 | See Source »

Although the Government seems divided over the issue, Narbona certainly speaks to a growing sentiment within Spain. According to a Gallup poll, only 8% of Spaniards consider themselves bullfighting fans, But the end of bullfighting as we know may not be around the corner. If anything, its appeal may be growing beyond Spain's borders. Many South American and other European countries like Portugal and France maintain a vibrant bullfighting tradition - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former Socialist candidate Segolene Royal fancy the sport. Moreover, bullfighting has also been exported to places like China, as well as Armenia and South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Spain, No Ole for Bullfights | 8/6/2007 | See Source »

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