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The capriciousness of love, the sadness of losing loved ones and the desire for their return become the clear themes investigated by the little mouse. Ware explains why in the introduction: The first half of the book comes from a time when his beloved grandmother fell ill and passed away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mouse; A House; A Mystery | 8/22/2003 | See Source »

It would be hard to design a more tragically absurd war than the one raging in Liberia. Battles are fought mainly by untrained, doped-up kids from the countryside, and no one on either side has effective command of the ragtag militias. The majority of casualties are civilian. Most combatants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Stop the Killing? | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

Yet somehow one of the most despicable characters in recent cinema became beloved. The secret was combining the classic protagonist and antagonist from teen movies: Stifler is both John Belushi's drunk moron Bluto and the Waspy frat president Greg Marmalard from Animal House. He's a jerk, but he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Professional Jerk | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

Helene Veret and her architect husband, Jean-Louis, have long known the perils of fire. After a 1970 blaze swept through their four hectares near the village of Plan-de-la-Tour, 20 km north of the Gulf of St. Tropez, Jean-Louis had his house hewn out of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After The Flames, The Blame | 8/3/2003 | See Source »

While it's easy to dismiss these plane spotters as sad anoraks, they were local heroes to me?animated, cheerful souls absolutely passionate about their beloved airport. Their enthusiasm was infectious. Perhaps it was just as well I was flying back to London that night, otherwise I could have stayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plane Spotter's Lament | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

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