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...movie adaptations of novels are the equivalent of glorified book jackets, adaptations of comic books might be no-brainers: with the visuals already on paper, Hollywood writers and directors get to bypass the harder and, often, more imaginative steps of screen translation. But shortcutting is too often to the detriment of the films, not to mention unfair to their parent comics—the X-Men and Spiderman movies being among the rare exceptions. Hellboy, is another dark horse in this inked-up Hollywood universe, a steam-train of an adaptation that stays vividly faithful to the comic book engine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DVD Reviews | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

...about ownership; it's an obligation. You in the media need to start reporting the truth, or you will end up like the dinosaurs--extinct." A Canadian wrote, "Your question points to what is deeply wrong in the U.S.--the overblown attention given to the messenger to the detriment of the message. Real debate over serious issues is lost as reporters sell their souls for scoops and scandals." And a Californian grimly observed, "There's no such thing as truth anymore--red state, blue state or otherwise. There's only spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 18, 2004 | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

YOUR REPORT IMPLIED THAT CORPORATE America encourages illegal immigration, to the detriment of the nation [Sept. 20]. Unfortunately, the article was short on facts and instead relied on sensationalism, shoddy statistics and fearmongering. Immigration reform is long overdue, and a rational discussion is needed. We are a nation of immigrants, and they have and will continue to make enormous contributions to our country. Employers, like all Americans, want a rational legal immigration system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 11, 2004 | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...after decades of chronic underinvestment and the longest waiting lists for operations have been reduced. The Labour government has been loath, however, to question the basic structure of the NHS - to the detriment of British patients who can't afford private care, says Dr. Maurice Slevin, an oncologist and member of the U.K. organization Doctors for Reform. "Here patients have no power," he says. "We want to move away from a Soviet-style, monolithic, nationalized industry that provides very poor value for money." Slevin says the number of managers in the NHS has grown three times faster than medical staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctor's Orders | 8/15/2004 | See Source »

...world, where scarcity has been replaced by overabundance and undernourishment by obesity. Increasingly, the connection between eating and ritual is becoming unhinged. We turn too much to food for solace and celebration, and we do it with less and less reference to traditions or even formal mealtimes--to the detriment of our figure and our health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Eating Behavior: Why We Eat | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

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