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...alas, is how forgettable most of them are. It's probably too much to expect Broadway theater to reflect our current economic troubles, but there's something particularly rarefied and irrelevant about the plays arriving this spring. Most are short (waiting out an intermission is apparently too much to ask of an audience these days), slight and largely oblivious to much that is happening in the world outside the theater. Even the season's hit political satire, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush, is one Administration - and what seems a whole political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Wrong with This Spring's Broadway Plays? | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...most effective weapons are often the ones never used. Just ask French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In advance of the G-20 summit held in London last week, Sarkozy threatened to storm out of the talks if hedge funds weren't put on a tight leash as part of efforts to cope with the global financial crisis. Leaders agreed to regulate hedge funds more tightly - and Sarkozy remained in his chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Takes a Small Step Away from the Dollar | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

After the awards ceremony, Flyby barreled through the crowd to shake Shortz’ hand and ask him what advice he’d give to novice puzzlers...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: A Puzzling Mania | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...Ask Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres your questions

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics 2016: Chicago Makes Its Case | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...foreign policy. Turkey currently maintains about 900 soldiers in Afghanistan as part of the NATO contingent there, and, as the only Muslim country involved, its presence is crucial to securing support on the ground. Obama is expected to push for an increase in Turkish forces and to ask for Ankara's help in facilitating a smooth withdrawal from Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey Is Ready to Welcome Obama | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

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