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...ship from Marseilles to Greece, for example, De Monfreid scowls at a throng of Russian peasants, whom he finds "as uncouth and primitive as the Somali Bedouins." And the book is further marred by the same sort of excessive nautical argot (starboard this, lateen that) that makes Moby Dick such a tough sea of words to oar through. But whenever De Monfreid reaches land and begins to describe the gallery of rogues and brutes and generally weird people he claims to meet on his journeys, the book can spellbind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Man of the Sea | 1/23/2008 | See Source »

...Moby Dick is written on three levels.” (English...

Author: By Donald Carswell | Title: Beating the System | 1/15/2008 | See Source »

...have any objection to people having a good time," says Jeff Hermanson, assistant executive director of the WGA West. "We do have an objection to NBC forcing Dick Clark Productions to put together an award show and call it something else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golden Globes? Yes. Stars? Maybe | 1/8/2008 | See Source »

...Monday, NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Globes producer Dick Clark Productions and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) feverishly tried to cut a deal that would have allowed the Globes to go forward without forcing actors to cross picket lines to make their acceptance speeches. But talks broke down over NBC's plan to supplement the press conference with a clips reel, a special episode of Dateline using already taped actors' interviews and an Access Hollywood-style broadcast from the after-parties with casual acceptance speeches from the revelers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golden Globes? Yes. Stars? Maybe | 1/8/2008 | See Source »

...Administration, and the bipartisan Capitol Steps was born. Since 1984, when Strauss took the troupe professional, it has become a $3 million-a-year business, recording 29 albums and touring widely. Among its repertoire: My Momma Told Me: You Better Sleep Around (inspired by Monica Lewinsky); The Angina Monologues (Dick Cheney) and The Sound of Music-inspired How Do You Solve a Problem Like Scalia? Strauss was 60 and had pancreatic cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

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