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...quite at the point of injecting ourselves with Botox. But we're definitely on the cusp of a new era of do-it-yourself dermatology. While cosmetics companies such as L'Oréal and Avon have for several years been selling souped-up scrubs and exfoliators billed as microdermabrasion kits, and antiwrinkle creams that mimic the effects of dermatologist-delivered aesthetic fillers, this is different. These new treatments are scaled-down versions of the light-based devices used by dermatologists to treat skin ailments, all designed so that a consumer can use them. Even hair removal via an at-home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: The Newest Wrinkle | 11/12/2007 | See Source »

...rally her troops, drawn up on the shore, impotently waiting for the naval engagement to begin. She is given a noble rallying speech to sing out - her St. Crispin's Day moment - but, putting this as gently as possible, Nicholson and Hirst are not exactly the Bard of Avon, and Kapur is not exactly Laurence Olivier when it comes to staging this emptily rhetorical, entirely fictional moment. The director not much better with the ensuing naval battle, which is more symbolically than realistically staged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elizabeth's Lusterless Golden Age | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...heart of the problem is the fact that, for a man who was so prolific with his pen, Shakespeare didn't leave much evidence of his life behind. Most scholars accept that there is enough to prove that a William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, became an actor in London and retired back in Stratford until his death in 1616. But that's where the agreement ends. Stratfordians, as they are known, believe that this William Shakespeare is the same man who wrote what would become known as the greatest body of literary works in the history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mystery of Shakespeare's Identity | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...politically imprecise. He will spend a little more time with his family of two, cut a bit of Texas brush with his buddy at the Crawford compound and continue to pursue his dream of "a durable Republican majority." "Out of the Picture" Rove shall never be. Celine E. Riedel, Avon Lake, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...politically imprecise. He will spend a little more time with his family of two, cut a bit of Texas brush with his buddy at the Crawford compound and continue to pursue his dream of "a durable Republican majority." "Out of the Picture" Rove shall never be. Celine E. Riedel, AVON LAKE, OHIO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People's Princess | 9/4/2007 | See Source »

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