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...late philosopher Norman O. Brown. In Life Against Death, he writes, "The entry into Freud cannot avoid being a plunge into a strange world... But this strange world is the world we all of us actually live in." Could one say the same thing about your films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Cronenberg Tries Opera | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...they reach their 80s? As hard as it may be for Japan, a country proud of its traditions and its homogenous society, immigration must be increased to keep the economy vital and growing. By making such tough but farsighted policy changes today, Japan will give itself a chance to avoid another lost decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop the Rot | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...order of capture and he knew that an admiral's son accepting early release would be a propaganda victory for North Vietnam as well as a devastating blow to camp morale. The one time his captors brutalized McCain into a sham confession, he considered suicide. "He could not avoid the conclusion that he had dishonored his country, his family and himself," wrote his biographer Robert Timberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says the idea that his candidate should avoid addressing mega-crowds is ridiculous. "We feel it's one of the strengths of this campaign," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Risky Stadium Gig | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...health care costs, according to the study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Diverticular complications can also include bleeding and tears in the colon, which contributes to 3,400 deaths annually from the disease in the U.S. Yet the conventional wisdom that sufferers should avoid certain foods may have been upended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuts and Popcorn: OK for the Colon? | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

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