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...working as a bartender when he was 18. While some parents might be eager to bring their offspring into the family business, the Gallos recommend that teens be encouraged to take jobs elsewhere, at least initially, so they won't get special treatment from co-workers. "To have a boss, to be part of a team, to get to work on time - there are so many skills kids can get from jobs," says Eileen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Free Rides, Kid | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...died. Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) was a British Treasury agent whose motives Bond misinterpreted, leading to her selfless suicide. Quantum, the first true sequel in the series, begins an hour after Casino ended. Bond wins a frantic car chase, and in his trunk is a prize for his MI6 boss, M (Judi Dench): a board member of the outlaw cartel once known as SPECTRE, now called Quantum. Instantly, Bond is running in all directions: pursuing and eluding a Quantum biggie named Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), hooking up with Bolivian siren Camille (Olga Kurylenko) and riding his own obsession to avenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quantum of Solace: Bourne-Again Bond | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...last episodes of the Shield, whose series finale airs Nov. 25, corrupt former L.A. cop Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) takes a meeting with a drug boss. Mackey has brought him a big dope deal with another gang--secretly setting him up in order to secure for himself an immunity deal with the feds for a list of crimes that starts with murder and continues the length of your arm. The kingpin offers him a drink to take off the "edge." Mackey refuses. "The edge is where we live," he says. "People try to convince themselves otherwise. It's just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fitting End for The Shield | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...does each day. He never says where Rove’s office is located or how many people work with him in total. When I ask, he does tell me that there is another college student in the office. But further information about his job, much less his boss, remains off-limits. All I know is that Caleb spends entire days in Rove’s company. They sit side by side in business class. When Caleb’s not doing research, he works his way through “Les Miserables.” He said Rove teases...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Kids Who Would Be King | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...handcuffs slapped on after days of exhausting travel. The actors play their nemeses with energy and zest, tearing across fields to get the migrants and insulting them in a colorful language: "Don't you speak Spanish. You are not in Mexico now, my friend. Tell me who the boss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Mexico, a Theme Park for Border Crossers | 11/11/2008 | See Source »

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