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...Dumbledore and Harry, with the help of that always handy expository aid the Pensieve, are poring over the details of Voldemort's early backstory for clues to his intentions. Oh, and somebody's trying to kill Hogwarts students. As Hagrid puts it, with the barest trace of a wink, "Chamber o' Secrets all over again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love Potions and Tragic Magic | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...lion has roared back to life with one last sublime work. Saraband, the first film Bergman has directed for theatrical release in 20 years (he announced his retirement after Fanny), is a chamber piece: four characters, 10 dialogues. Yet Bergman, who turns 87 this month, gives the story such vigor and rigor, so much emotional bile and spilled blood, that it would shame a much younger director. Here is no mild afterthought to which a critic nods indulgently. This is a testament of love and anguish from the man who used to be called the greatest living filmmaker. Well, dammit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Roar From a Legend | 7/5/2005 | See Source »

...trade group aims to levy initial licensing fees ranging from $1,500 to $10,000 and royalty charges of between 7% and 10%. With the help of a recently passed state law that protects service marks, the chamber hopes to raise $300,000 within the next 18 months. Predictably, the move has drawn few hoorays from local businessmen. Says Jim Arthur, president of California Lifestyles, a maker of souvenir sportswear: "The notion is absurd. If the name of the city isn't in the public domain, then what is?" The courts may ultimately determine if the chamber's claim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Dec. 9, 1985 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Last week, as if by legerdemain, Reagan and Gorbachev leaped out of the tape cans simultaneously 5,000 miles apart, proclaiming 1986 a "year of peace." Early estimates suggest that as many as 60 million Americans may have seen Gorbachev in an ornate Kremlin chamber urge "saving up, bit by bit, the most precious capital there is--trust among nations and peoples." That's the lingo of capitalists, and it must have found its mark. There was only a smattering of complaints from viewers who preferred to see the Rose Parade or the soap All My Children. No such gripes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Wish for Clear Sky | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...union said it hoped to persuade the company to change its mind. But unemployment in Bophuthatswana, a nominally independent homeland, is high. The South African Chamber of Mines, which recruits workers throughout the region, already has 400,000 job applications on file. NORTHERN IRELAND Protestants Vent Their Rage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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