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...dominated by a Sam Raimi action film: his Spider-Man trilogy has earned $2.5 billion worldwide. But Raimi earned his early rep, or notoriety, with the low-budget gross-out Evil Dead horror films, and his Cannes entry, beguilingly titled Drag Me to Hell, marks a return to those dark roots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes 2009: Great — or the Greatest — Festival? | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...used as a powerful argument to raise taxes to replenish the funds. Skeptics said that the data is based on forecasts which could change radically over the next several years. Anyone who doubts the projections will say that they are the work of actuaries who practice an art as dark as voodoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Social Security and Medicare Panic | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...lose with grace and never to punch the air in victory." Or perhaps it was the strong bodies of the sportsmen that transfixed the young Terry. He realized he was different when he watched professional wrestling - or rather, the wrestlers: "O save me from those dark desires which thrill and compel: the world, the flesh and the Devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Time and the City: Terence Davies' Liverpool Memories | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...must say, however, that the weirdest part about Fete is just how refined everyone seems to be (even the creeps who stayed in the dark dhall all night and never emerged). Again, maybe it's the name value, but Fete was really good at convincing you that you were part of something special for the night—your unwashed date was actually an indie hipster, your worn-out dress was just a reminder of how Cinderella-esque your life is, and your cupcake binge (yes, mentioned for the third time) was actually a delicate manifestation of your fine gustatory...

Author: By Loren Amor, Aparicio J. Davis, and Esther I. Yi | Title: BALLin! FlyBy's Formal Reviews Pt. II | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...There is another man who will not be in the room. That is Lieutenant General Stan McChrystal. It should be very clear to everyone, General McChrystal is the head of covert special forces. The so-called dark or black forces. The ones who stay undercover ... Because of his extraordinarily sensitive position with covert special forces, he is not appearing in public. And so he will not be questioned further by the committee in an open hearing." - Barbara Starr, CNN correspondent, on McChrystal's absence during an August 2007 Congressional hearing over the friendly-fire death of former NFL star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stan McChrystal: The New U.S. Commander in Afghanistan | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

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