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...members of the audience. His name is Archie (incarnated with just the right mix of menace and mystery by go-to Brit character actor Mark Strong), and at the beginning he helpfully deciphers the movie's title: a higher, more voracious strain of London gangster. "We all like a bit of the good life: some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour or the fame. But a rocknrolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real rocknrolla wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thug Chic: Guy Ritchie's RockNRolla | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...Despite optimism in some corners, however, universities are cautious as they survey the economic horizon. "In a huge downturn, everybody suffers immensely," says Grinnell President Russell Osgood. "Those that are a little bit better off will just be cushioned a little bit better at the front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges Getting Hit by the Credit Crunch | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

Greg Robinson, who mentored Rajaram at PricewaterhouseCoopers, brought him in as a partner at Azur Partners LLC, in September 2003. Yet he viewed Rajaram as "an emotionally unstable person for as long as I've known him. He's always been a bit flamboyant, reckless." Their partnership didn't last a year. He says Rajaram was fired in June 2004 because of erratic behavior, including joining conference calls while inebriated and missing client meetings. Despite this, Robinson, CEO of Outpost Entertainment Inc., says he remained friends with Rajaram, though the two hadn't spoken since 2005. "He could have called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder-Suicide in California: A Tragedy of the Financial Crisis? | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...actually think the mistake the Hillary Clinton campaign made was not bringing in Bill sooner. I sensed that when I was with him in Africa. Someone asked him what his role would be in the campaign and he looked a bit hurt. They were marginalizing him. That's one thing you don't do with Bill Clinton. He's the sun, he's the center of the universe. He needs to shine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Bill Clinton On the Couch | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

Substance: Delved only occasionally into specifics when describing his agenda, focusing on spending and tax cuts. He had a bit of trouble elucidating his health-care and energy policies and did little to close the gap with Obama on whom voters trust to deal with the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debate Report Card: John McCain | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

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