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...brighter but less enthralling friend Danielle is more earnest in her ambitions, but just as vague. Longing to deal with issues of profound social consequence, she finds herself producing a documentary on botched liposuction experiences...

Author: By David L. Golding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frivolous Lives, Interrupted | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...shoes you're likely to buy two weeks from now.) If you can avoid an $89 splurge every two weeks for the foreseeable future and you put the money (tax deferred) in the market where it earns an 8% return, your financial future would look an awful lot brighter. At 8%, those $89 investments will have grown after 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Women Aren't Richer | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Still, Hong Kong's skies at least remain brighter than those of some Chinese cities. Last week, Beijing was forced to close highways and delay flights in and out of its airports due to a choking, opaque haze, while its air-pollution index reached 414 out of a possible 500-a level even Chinese authorities described as "hazardous." By comparison, Hong Kong's troubles seemed almost enviable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Pollution | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...little themselves. The film is by no means a disappointment—its humor is up to Guest’s standard brilliance and it is a must for his fans. Only a Christopher Guest film could produce lines such as “It’s brighter than bloody Stephen Hawking in here” and “Dying is edgy, playing a lesbian is hard.” Bottom Line: Despite the fact that “For Your Consideration” is slightly different from Christopher Guest’s usual “mockumentaries...

Author: By Andrew Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: "For Your Consideration" | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...coming national figure whose reputation could be on the line in all this is Massachusetts' outgoing Governor Mitt Romney, one of the party's brighter 2008 presidential prospects. As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Romney raised a record $20 million in the first three quarters of the year (the previous high mark was $18 million in 2004). But with the Republicans' poor showing in the governors' races, some of the blame will fall on Romney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Gains in the Statehouses | 11/7/2006 | See Source »

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