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...saying, attributed alternately to Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, that goes: “If you’re going to tell people the truth, you’d better make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.” For South African playwright Pieter-Dirk Uys, this statement is hauntingly literal. His most recent one-man production, “Elections and Erections,” currently being performed at the Zero Arrow Theatre, showcases the wry satire and verbal wit that has defined his career. The performance’s unique format, drawing upon...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Uy's 'Erections' Pokes Fun at Politics | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

Maybe not, but Geschwindner can. He developed the formulas 13 years ago in his hometown of Wrzburg when he began working with a lanky 16-year-old named Dirk Nowitzki, voted Most Valuable Player of the NBA in 2007. Through their work, Geschwindner found that most players shoot the ball on too flat an arc. "The higher the arc, the better, but you can go too high. The optimum is around 60," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holger Geschwindner | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...American people feel 232 years ago when British troops were sent to Lexington and Concord to seize rebel leaders? I do not know of any example in which democracy was brought to a country with weapons of destruction. Do we really need another four years of war in Iraq? Dirk Bruehl, Salisbury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

...American people feel 232 years ago when British troops were sent to Lexington and Concord to seize rebel leaders? I do not know of any example in which democracy was brought to a country with weapons of destruction. Do we really need another four years of war in Iraq? Dirk Bruehl, SALISBURY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despot Diplomacy | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

...This action is unacceptable," Florida's Democratic Senator, Bill Nelson, wrote this month to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, adding that it "warrants [the] removal" of one of Kempthorne's top officials. But the Administration insists Nelson and Everglades activists are the ones putting politics over empirical evidence - and at the expense of poorer countries that are trying to save important natural resources more endangered than the Everglades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Bush Abandoned the Everglades? | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

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