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Highlight Reel:1. On Brando (known as Bud as a child) and his early desire to prove everybody wrong: "Academically, he continued to lag, and various members of the faculty implied-or said outright-that he would never amount to anything. The athletic coaches disagreed: the following year Bud won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Latest Brando Bio | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

In this post--civil rights age, with the media hungry for a single black narrative, there is a strong desire to have one voice speak to--and for--us all. But that impulse is wrong, whether it's focused on Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Barack Obama. It's wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Myth of the Black Messiah | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Kacynski’s office has since backtracked, and his remarks seem based on impulse. Obama, however, must not act hastily, and must evaluate the project from a balanced perspective. To reject the shield’s installation simply because of Russia’s posturing and a desire to...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: From Russia, With Love | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Nearly buried in the non-stop media coverage of Election Day was a much sadder story, especially for those who, like me, grew up idolizing Velociraptors and wanting to visit Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton ’64 died of cancer at the age of 66. As fate would also...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paging Crichton, 'House' Hurting | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

Ahmet Altan, editor of Taraf, a liberal daily newspaper, argues that the crusaders against the film are motivated by a desire to curtail any such debate." Atatürk is being used as a shield to fend off questions about many things that are misshapen or rotten in this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Turkish Film Draws Fire for Its Portrait of Atatürk | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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