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Over Labor Day weekend The Dark Knight will probably surpass $500 million at the U.S. box office. It has already swept into the record books, with the biggest opening weekend of all time ($158.4 million) and widest opening release of all time (4,366 theaters), and is also the second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Box Office: Good, Not Great | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

When I first came to know Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who died Aug. 20 of a brain aneurysm at the age of 58, she was very young. I had never seen anybody so energetic. She was bouncy and bubbly and charismatic. When she entered a room, the character of that room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

"I am here, first, to support Barack Obama," he began - just so we were clear. And what followed suggested that he had taken all the medicine Hillary didn't. He paid tribute not just to the generic superiority of any Democrat compared to John McCain, but specific, personal tribute to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Builds a Bridge to Obama | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

In books with names like Faith of My Fathers, Character Is Destiny and Why Courage Matters, McCain has said his captivity was a personal turning point that opened his eyes to causes larger than himself, transforming a vain jet jockey into a servant of his country. It was also a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

But critics say the issue isn't the McCain campaign's use of biography per se, but rather how and when they bring it up. By turning to his POW experience in order to deflect any question, be it about his character, wealth or memory, McCain appears to risk trivializing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is McCain Overplaying the POW Card? | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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