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In strong supporting roles in The Green Mile, Matchstick Man, Snow Angels and the Brad Pitt Jesse James movie, and starring as Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Rockwell has honed his specialty of runty ranters. His standard character is the kind of highly caffeinated punk who, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moon: A Superior Space Oddity | 6/14/2009 | See Source »

Bremner goes on to criticize the character assassination the media have directed at Knox since the beginning of the trial, which she believes gives the defense an uphill battle in front of a jury that is unsequestered and thus exposed to the often explosive stories in the press. Accounts of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Strong Is the Evidence Against Amanda Knox? | 6/14/2009 | See Source »

A key factor in changing the equation appears to have been Ahmadinejad's character assassinations of leading political figures and, especially, his insinuation that Mousavi's wife, Professor Zahra Rahnavard, had improperly gained her academic job. "That may have been the turning point," said former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ahead of Iran Election, President's Rivals Gain Hope | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

Calderón argues that the ability of Mexicans to deal with this challenge will be crucial to luring tourists back. Personally launching the Vive México campaign in his presidential palace, the President focused on selling Mexican character. "Let us tell the whole world that we are a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guns, Germs and Recession: The Curse on Mexican Tourism | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

"For the last time, I'm not your messiah," groans the title character in the 1979 comedy The Life of Brian. (They crucify him, anyway.) There's an echo of Brian's panicked renunciation in a shakeup currently underway in Tibetan Buddhism - in this case, nobody's laughing, although the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a 'Chosen' Tibetan Lama Says No Thanks | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

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