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...which is concerned with recording a different aspect of herself. Brilliant, autobiographical and feverishly experimental, it's a bravura portrait of a shattered self, richly adorned with ruthless commentary on psychoanalysis, Communism, England and Africa, and modern fiction. "This novel," Lessing has said of The Golden Notebook, "is an attempt to break a form; to break certain forms of consciousness and go beyond them. While writing it, I found I did not believe some of the things I thought I believed: or rather, that I hold in my mind at the same time beliefs and ideas that are apparently contradictory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doris Lessing's Road to the Nobel | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...chairs. By the end of this year, another 100 restaurants will have gone through a "re-image": some using all originals, some using reproductions and some using a combination of both. "While the reproduction chairs are naturally very similar to the original design, there are differences," says Homer. "No attempt has been made to 'pass off' reproduction chairs as originals in any references or labeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Seating Problem at McDonald's | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...going to cross it right in, and the ball hit the goalie’s toe and it went in,” Wylie said. The goal marks Wylie’s progress throughout this season in better footwork and having the confidence to make more attempts. “She’s been taking a lot of good shots, and has the desire to score,” Leone said. “It is a very good performance for her today.” Continuing a strong bout on the Catamounts, Merritt kicked the ball into open...

Author: By Vanda R. Gyuris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Stays Sharp at Home | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...other end of the bar, Jonathan Travers, 26, the fan who publicly questioned the masculinity of Midwesterners, and Pete Bonavita, 22, perform their own cheer for XFL cameras in an attempt to add two opening-game tickets to the seven season tickets they have already purchased. They signal hands-over-crotch for the X, stick up middle fingers for the F and give the international "loser" signal, thumb and index finger smacked onto forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flashback: XFL's Fast-Mouth Football | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...Driven by a most dubious agenda, shortsighted cut-and-paste bloggers, lacking all the facts, have made a feeble attempt at being crack reporters. This is an aberrant attempt to distract the American people from what the real issues are. Hard working American families need affordable health insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

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