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Speculation about Al and Hillary led to speculation about Al vs. Hillary in 2008, and-I'm sorry, but there is something incredibly boring about dwelling on that until it actually happens, if it ever does. Therefore, as a public service, I am hereby opening a potentially more interesting vein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama Isn't Not Running for President | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

One of the fastest-growing markets for dragon-boat racing is the corporate retreat in need of a little excitement. "You can have a big sales meeting, boring meetings for three days, and then one afternoon, we can work with the event planner and produce a four-hour mini-dragon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racing the Dragon | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

My teams share the same essential strengths. They eschew boring defensive security for the pleasures of relentless attack. Both exude an irresistible cosmopolitanism. Or rather, Barcelona, founded by a Swiss man, has always exuded cosmopolitanism, and Arsenal learned to do so under the stewardship of Arsène Wenger, its urbane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homage to Catalonia | 5/21/2006 | See Source »

When the novel begins, Hannah is 14 and bearing silent witness to the demolition of her parents' marriage while cautiously exploring the notion of romance herself. From this vivid little home movie, the book spins forward, light-footed, catching Hannah on a disastrous college road trip, falling for her trampy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prepping for Love | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

Staying at home with her infant daughter, screenwriter Shonda Rhimes discovered pretty quickly that there were basically two things to do: change diapers and watch television. And watch she did--day and night, she confesses. But she found the females on TV a boring bunch. "They seemed to exist purely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Woman and Her Anatomy | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

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