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Dates: during 2000-2009
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In the shadow of Byzantine battlements, a gaggle of giggling girls runs back and forth among the dilapidated houses, stopping occasionally to expertly shimmy their hips and twirl their wrists. They're chased by several whooping boys, who inevitably catch them and haul them off to "jail," a spot by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Constantinople's Gypsies Not Welcome in Istanbul | 6/9/2008 | See Source »

Not surprisingly, this “unique” alumni commitment (as Reardon puts it) goes a long way toward explaining why the University consistently cops more voluntary donations than any other institution.

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz | Title: 10,000 Men, $350 Million | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

On closer examination, however, there were many problems with the police's case. For one thing, the police had recovered almost no physical evidence - not even a murder weapon - to back up their claims. Indeed, the police appear to have bungled the investigation from the start. Shortly after discovering Aarushi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's JonBenet Ramsey Case? | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

After the discovery of Hemraj's body, the police quickly announced their theory of the double love affairs. Dr Talwar had killed Aarushi and Hemraj, the cops said, because Aarushi had objected to her father's affair, while he had objected to hers. The Talwar and Durrani families denied the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's JonBenet Ramsey Case? | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is probably the blackest, least sentimental study of the Mafia in Italian or American film history. In its depiction of the Camorra crime family there are no good guys, no crusading cops, no mama pleading with her son to stay out of the rackets. Just ruthless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Little Movies that Could | 5/24/2008 | See Source »

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