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What else do we know about the Oscar tallies? Nothing. Did Greta Garbo or Cary Grant or Alfred Hitchcock, to pick three distinguished artists who never got competitive Oscars, ever come close to winning? If Kate Winslet takes Best Actress this year, did Meryl Streep lose by just a handful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Oscars: Make the Votes Public | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

He surely merits one of those Life Achievement Awards the Academy passes out to distinguished film folk who never won a competitive Oscar and might die soon. (Recent honorary Oscars have gone to Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet and composer Ennio Moricone.) The slur stings any Jerry Lewis fan - especially Jerry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Lewis Wins an Oscar at Last | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

As a young woman, Bachelet coped with her father’s kidnapping, torture, and death. This came at the hands of the rightist authoritarian regime of Pinochet. Shortly thereafter, she and her mother were also captured, tortured, imprisoned, and eventually exiled. She returned to Chile, finished her medical studies...

Author: By Daniel Balmori | Title: Diminished Democratic Ideals | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

None of this gets to the core of the issue. What distinguished Wall Street pay in recent years was less its short-term nature (even before the crisis, a large chunk of bonuses was paid in restricted stock that couldn't be cashed in for years) than its staggering generosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pay Wall Street Less? Hell, Yes | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

A large number of the center's patients are well educated. Didi, a 20-year-old college sophomore who did not disclose his full name, picked up online gaming after being accepted into the distinguished Tsinghua University. He says he became so obsessed that he skipped all his classes for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Beijing | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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