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...clothing, dangly jewelry, and talks about peace and love but has a reputation for being vindictive and Machiavellian - practically draws herself. "I draw her as a female version of Ortega, with less weight and lots more hair," said Guillen, who in his cartoons has dubbed her "La Chamuca," or devil woman - a moniker that's become a household nickname for the first lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cartoonists Go to War | 6/10/2008 | See Source »

...distance himself from the FARC as it is to backtrack on his new domestic intelligence law. They also suggest that the Venezuelan leader is keeping his radical burners on medium-low for now, in the hopes that fewer outbursts from Hurricane Hugo - who has previously called President Bush "the devil" and Uribe "a criminal" - could even help get a Democrat into the White House this fall. "[Chavez] may decide to go a little less gonzo in the coming months as a result," says Birns. Meanwhile, the rest of the world will be paying attention to what Chavez does - despite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kinder, Gentler Hugo Chávez? | 6/9/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard, this kind of analysis is not considered acceptable. Students are taught that “the devil is in the details” by professors who have spent their lives illuminating the many and varied stories that go towards forming the history of a region. In this, Harvard generally does an excellent job. The biggest challenge for academics is to get a wider hearing without diluting their message. It is also a responsibility that they pass onto their graduating students...

Author: By Hassan Al-damluji | Title: Only Education Can Tell the Story | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

Last year the estate of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond (and also, fun fact, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), invited the novelist Sebastian Faulks to write a new Bond book under the Fleming pseudonym. Devil May Care (Doubleday; 278 pages) begins magnificently: a world-weary 007 drifts through the pleasure capitals of Europe, recovering from the exertions of Octopussy and wondering if it might be time to hang up his 00's for good. The 20th century is leaving him behind: it's the 1960s; there are hippies in the streets, and M is making him do yoga. But when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somebody Did It Better | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...recent history of female-focused summer films shows it could go either way. The Devil Wears Prada debuted in June of 2006 with $27 million opening weekend - on its way to a considerable $124 million grand total domestically. But just a few weeks ago, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took center stage in Baby Mama, a widely hyped comedy that opened with a respectable-but-less-than-stellar $17 million opening weekend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handicapping 'Sex and the City' | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

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