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...characters are trying to hold it together and failing, the interplay is far more interesting: the truly funny moments in the play come when Peter, Francis, and Brian are dealing with a drugged bank inspector propped against a wall, a mother with sharp hearing upstairs, two prostitutes in the bathroom, and a police officer at the door. When things are a bit more under control, the play tends to drag a bit. “No Sex Please, We’re British” is at times surprisingly subdued. In its moments of barely controlled mayhem, it is hilarious...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Uneven Farce Mostly Amuses | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...When the incident began McAlhany was in seat 24C, in the middle of the plane. "[Alpizar] was in the back," McAlhany says, "a few seats from the back bathroom. He sat down." Then, McAlhany says, "I heard an argument with his wife. He was saying 'I have to get off the plane.' She said, 'Calm down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyewitness: "I Never Heard the Word 'Bomb'" | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...Mitnick is unassuming. In a grey Polo sweater and round, black glasses, he sits quietly in the back of Au Bon Pain, unfazed by the bathroom door constantly opening into the back of his chair (it was the only available table). Even he couldn’t have predicted his successes, at Harvard and beyond. “Everything sort of led into the next and really the only thing I planned on doing was the Pudding...

Author: By Silas P. Howland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Working His Magic—Onstage and Off | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

...hours a day, seven days a week, with no holidays. The unit has logged more flight hours than any other squadron in the Air Force yet is only 65% staffed. Crew members are so tightly scheduled that when on duty, they have to ask permission to go to the bathroom and cannot leave their chairs unless there is someone to replace them. The troops call the Predator compound Shawshank because it reminds them of a prison. The schedule demands that the men and women change shifts--days, evenings and overnights--every three weeks, which makes fitting into normal civilian life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long-Distance Warriors | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

BEFRIEND A BATHROOM SCALE Hop on that scale: dieters who weigh themselves daily lose more weight than those who don't, reports a yearlong study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51% Percentage of acute liver-failure cases linked to overdoses of the pain reliever acetaminophen; half the poisonings were accidental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctor's Orders: Dec. 12, 2005 | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

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