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...nothing for a stranger, and less than nothing for someone who treated them with disrespect.” There is just no meaning to be found here—or at least nothing that cannot be found a million other places. Perhaps there is a reason why the cover of “Body of Lies” reads in small font “A Novel.” The omission of “Spy” is telling. This is not a Spy Novel in the vein of Graham Greene and John Le Carré; it?...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Spy Novel That Doesn’t Thrill | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

...social world might be a tiny bit less stratified than it used to be. That things are so mixed up, a cool guy can become a matinee idol by pretending to be a nerd. And if Adam Brody helped make that change, by appearing in the same media that cover Paris and Britney and Lindsay, then I hope he does become an action hero. That's got to help me somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Mr. Adorkable | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...three-month tranches, no withdrawal timetables attached--would allow opponents of Bush's policy to "gradually ratchet up the pressure" on Bush, says CAP senior fellow Brian Katulis, while avoiding an all-or-nothing showdown. After all, the Feed and Forage Act can provide only so much political cover. "We have some time," says a Democrat involved in the search for a legislative strategy. "But we can't be in the position of defending ourselves with a law that dates back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Memo: Feeding the Troops | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...able to generate, spread and sustain offense. You get eaten by the same tiger that you train. Imus got special love from the media over the years because his show was such a media hangout. But when the controversy erupted, it snowballed in part because the media love to cover the media...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Imus Fallout: Who Can Say What? | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...suffered few if any consequences. Scratch that: Imus did make remarks as bad or worse for years. Speaking about Gwen Ifill, the African-American PBS anchor who was then White House correspondent for the New York Times, he said, "Isn't the Times wonderful? It lets the cleaning lady cover the White House." He called a Washington Post writer a "boner-nosed, beanie-wearing Jewboy" and Arabs "towelheads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Imus Fallout: Who Can Say What? | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

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