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And there's powerful stuff going on in Denmark. "Bulbjerg," by Naja Marie Aidt, tells of a family outing derailed by an accident, then by the revelation of betrayal. Before things started going south, the father had planned to show his son a bit of Danish history, a German bunker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Europe with Love | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

Of course, Winslet would rather be acting onscreen, which is, she says, "the one thing that I do for myself" - and lately the thing she has been doing better than just about anyone else. In an industry that insists that most actresses remain giggly, pliable and princessy well into middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Actress: Kate Winslet's Moment | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

In a new article in Foreign Affairs magazine, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates writes, "Over the long term, the United States cannot kill or capture its way to victory. Where possible, [military] operations should be subordinated to measures aimed at promoting better governance ... and efforts to address the grievances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warlords Toughen US Task in Afghanistan | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

Somehow, this didn’t seem like quite the quality of thought anyone had in mind. After about a minute of considering this, I became bored and discontented. I tried googling “Profound Things to Think About,” but without any actual knowledge to draw...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: The Beginning of Wisdom | 11/24/2008 | See Source »

There are presidential candidates for virtually every taste, yet citizens find the menu inadequate. They tell pollsters they are discontented with the selection and generally sick of politics and politicians. In part, they are just being polite. The notion that people hate politics and that politicians are all phonies is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why They Really Run | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

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