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...together represent roughly 40% of the world's population and 54% of the world's GDP, have bravely donned the traditional dress of the host country, from cowboy hats to ponchos to garishly colored batik shirts, to show that despite their differences, everybody could be made to look a bit ridiculous for a group photo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: APEC's Bonding Experience | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...there is the creaky contraption that is the global monetary system. Since the early 1970s, the world's major currencies have generally been allowed to float freely against one other, but lots of emerging-market countries link their currencies to the dollar. They began doing this to secure a bit of stability in turbulent currency markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dollar in Danger | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...didn't on this film. With a dialect coach, you know that one person is in charge of your accent. Without one, it means the director's giving you dialect notes and the grip gives you dialect notes and the other actors are going, "Well, that sounded a bit ..." You feel terribly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Ewan McGregor | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...think that they were able a little bit more, especially in the first half, to keep fresh bodies coming at us,” said Holy Cross coach Sean Kearney...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Employs Deep Bench Against Crusaders | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...ability to attract exciting talent, as well as its willingness to forsake substance-laden masterpieces for works whose value lies in pure virtuosity and amusement. Mahler symphonies and Tchaikovsky concertos are unquestionably more epic in scale and impact than any of the pieces programmed on Saturday, but a little bit of fun—especially in the tradition-heavy Symphony Hall—never hurt anyone...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guests Bring Flair To Traditional BSO | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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