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...even I gasped along with the audience of children as Charlie found his golden ticket, making him one of the chosen few to enter the magical chocolate works. Childhood memories die hard, but for another generation bent on nostalgia, Burton’s “Charlie” might be just the fix their sweet tooth craves...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burton Reworks ‘Wonka,’ Scores a Sweet Success | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...more personally, was Rove suggesting that Wilson was chosen not for his expertise but because his wife was trying to help him stay in the game? Certainly Rove distorted her role when he claimed she had authorized the trip. "She was not in a position to send Joe Wilson anywhere except to bed without his supper," says Larry Johnson, a Plame classmate at the CIA who later worked on Central American issues for the agency and then moved to the State Department as a counterterrorism officer. According to a declassified July 7, 2004, report from the Senate Intelligence Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rove Problem | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...guess: Neville's parents were tortured into madness by Voldemort lieutenant Bellatrix Lestrange. It's payback time. He's not the Chosen One, but he will take down Bellatrix before this is all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Unanswered Questions | 7/17/2005 | See Source »

...Picks of the Flicks Did your favorite movie make our cut? More than 3,600 readers have e-mailed their responses to our list of the All-TIME 100 best films, as chosen by TIME's movie critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel. Not surprisingly, reactions to their choices ranged from happy appreciation to utter dismay. Rohan Shah of Jersey City, New Jersey, said, "What a great list, with a truly global outlook! I was pleasantly surprised to see the inclusion of Bollywood movies, like Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy." Sean Williams, of Los Angeles, wrote, "I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/11/2005 | See Source »

...Nobel Peace Prize panel will award the 2005 prize in October. In the event that one of the 1,000 Women for Peace is chosen, her prize money will go toward strengthening the organizations for which the 1,000 women work...

Author: By Jenny Tsai, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peace Initiative Taps KSG Leader | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

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