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...Vanity Fair has assembled 007's sirens for a group photo. Since Bond has vanquished more vixens than villains, it was a big group (this is only a third of them). From left, they are: URSULA ANDRESS (Honey Ryder), SHIRLEY EATON (Jill Masterson, coated in paint in Goldfinger), HONOR BLACKMAN (Pussy Galore), LUCIANA PALUZZI (Fiona Volpe), JILL ST. JOHN (Tiffany Case) and LANA WOOD (Plenty O'Toole). Where's Miss Moneypenny when you need...
...Blackman and John F. Dickerson/Washington
...rooted in her personal history. Her father, the wartime Czechoslovak diplomat Josef Korbel, was witty and gregarious, with a knack for survival. Madeleine, who as a child spent two lonely years in Belgrade when he was ambassador there, developed an instinctive antipathy toward thugs. As TIME's Ann Blackman explains in her Albright biography, Seasons of Her Life (Scribner), she mirrors him: she has a deep reservoir of intelligence and wit, but sometimes seems to wear blinders to protect her from things that clash with her self-image. For example, for years she almost willfully hid from herself...
...this leaden satire of after-school specials. Sedaris also stars as a 46-year-old who has returned to high school after 32 years as "a boozer, a user and a loser." Just what did the network find funny? The name of the school's African-American principal, Mr. Blackman? The catatonic geriatric behind the wheel of a car? Maybe Sedaris' single comic affectation, a grotesque overbite? Take Mom's advice: Avoid Strangers with Candy...
...much of a difference will the measure really make? It will help nationally "only if we think all states will do the right thing with the money," says TIME Washington correspondent Ann Blackman. The effect is more likely to be spotty and uneven. The real issue in education these days, says Blackman, is teacher pay and teacher quality, and there in little is the bill to address these problems systematically. Even the major point of contention between the parties--a Democratic amendment, defeated in the House, for money to hire 100,000 new teachers--comes up short on the matter...