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...could withstand the wear of the modern game. Grass surfaces that could put up with lightfooted gents in trousers - like Fred Perry, the Englishman who dominated Wimbledon in the 1930s - couldn't as easily endure the exertions of, say, 6-ft.-6-in. (1.98 m) Max Mirnyi, a.k.a. the Beast from Belarus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Wimbledon, It's the Grass Stupid | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

...Little Shop of Horrors 2. Seussical, the Musical 3. Thoroughly Modern Millie 4. Beauty and the Beast 5. Disney's High School Musical 6. Grease 7. Fiddler on the Roof 8. Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma! (tie) 10. Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye Bye, Birdie. Hello, Rent | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

Although they could appear at first to be indecipherable, on a closer look the combines turn out to be a balance?a combination, let's say?of sense and nonsense. Take that goat, for instance, the one that appears in one of his most famous works, Monogram. The distinguished beast, standing on a platform that is actually a Rauschenberg painting, is ringed snugly around its middle by a rubber tire. Goat equals sex drive. Tire equals bodily orifice - you choose which one. Monogram turns out to be a logo for the male libido...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Misfits | 5/13/2008 | See Source »

...that's not even taking into account the impediments stopping progress on the Chinese side. First there is the problem of rhetoric: the more Beijing vilifies the Dalai Lama personally ("jackal in monk's robes" for example, or a man with a "human face but the heart of a beast"), the harder it will be to do an about-face and convince the Chinese people that he's actually somebody China can do business with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Beijing Softening on Tibet? | 5/5/2008 | See Source »

...group will be listening intently for any trace of “Dummy” on “Third,” but other than Gibbons’ pipes, the two albums share very little in common. While “Dummy” was an electronic beast in pop-music clothing, “Third” is a sterile, deconstructed affair that doesn’t deceive or distract from what it is for an instant. And while nothing can quite compare to the beautiful lie that Gibbons told on “Sour Times?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Portishead | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

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