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...dealing with it has been to replace the legislature and decree that all law come from a special council he appointed. The judicial branch of the Venezuelan government was packed with Chávez loyalists, and the constitution was rewritten. He might have come to power by the ballot box, but he has remained in power using different tools. In short, Chávez is actually the kind of President that many delusional leftists accuse Bush of being: an ideologue who has reshaped his country's government to stifle political competition and consolidate his authority. Mike Grady Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...disturbing "tonality," according to the film's director, Darren Lynn Bousman. "This movie is too dark?" asks Bousman, a 27-year-old Elvis Costello look-alike from Kansas. "That's what I set out to do! It's a horror movie." Before altering Saw III to garner a more box-office-friendly R-rating, Bousman called up another director who specializes in movies people watch through their fingers, Rob Zombie, the tattooed heavy-metal vocalist. "I told him to talk to the MPAA as a filmmaker," says Zombie, 41, whose depraved gorefest The Devil's Rejects contains what many consider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Splat Pack | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...HAVE EYES THE DESCENT SAW III THE FILMMAKERS Leigh Whannell and James Wan Rob Zombie Eli Roth Alexandre Aja Neil Marshall Darren Lynn Bousman THE GORY DETAILS An ill villain pushes victims to value their lives by forcing them into grisly traps in the 2004 hit Cost: $1.2 million Box office: $103 million A clan of serial-killer hillbillies take off on a gory road trip as they run from police Cost: $7 million Box office: $20 million Young backpackers unwittingly stumble onto a pay-for-torture club in Slovakia Cost: $4.8 million Box office: $80 million Cannibals torment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Splat Pack | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...make him make a decision to come out.” After sophomore John Stamatis released a long pass in the 51st minute, Princeton’s Walters got his hands on the ball, but key pressure from captain Charles Altcheck caused Walters to fumble the ball in the box. Altcheck headed the ball back to freshman André Akpan, who slammed it in to up the score to 2-0. But the Tigers quickly countered with a goal of their own. Back in the game, Princeton stepped up the intensity of the offensive line, pressing their defense forward...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Wins Again—With ‘D’ | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...either way. An equalizing goal might have provided the spark the Crimson needed to match the home team’s intensity. But with 11:36 left in the first half, Princeton’s Diana Matheson took advantage of some defensive commotion in the Crimson’s box to bury a cross from the right sideline. Despite Crimson attempts to regroup at halftime, Anangnostopaulos scored her second goal only 3:42 after the teams retook the field. The freshman dribbled through Harvard’s defense to a prime shooting spot in the center of the box, then...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frosh Scores Four, Sinks Harvard | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

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