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...great Altman, Prairie was pure Altman, for it dealt with the subject of his strongest films: America, chatting as it flailed away, ignorant of its imminent demise. It was subject he painted on a vast, teeming canvas - Brueghel reimagined by Jackson Pollock - where folks elbow and fast-talk their way toward your attention. His fugue format, pouring dozens of plots into a post-ethnic melting pot, gave everyone a brief grab at movie immortality. On the great plains of Altman's precious wide screen, America bustled, hustled and tussled. His searching telephoto lens, focusing on this micro-event or that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering Robert Altman | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

...activity has a downside. As thrilled as I am that I now can play videogames in lieu of other aerobic exercise, I am sore. It may be the good soreness of muscles in need of a long-overdue workout, yet I fear that some people might get real tennis elbow from Wii's virtual Tennis, or even tear a rotator cuff when pitching in Wii's Baseball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Instant Wii Play | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

Shapiro was rushed to Mount Auburn Hospital by paramedics following the accident and released three hours later. She said she suffered a contusion on her left elbow and stiffness in her neck...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soph. Hit by Car On Mt. Auburn St. | 11/9/2006 | See Source »

...fact that the smallest groups make the most noise suggests that all activism at Harvard requires is a little bit of money and a lot of elbow grease. HRL, for example, has students who are passionate enough about the culture of life to spend countless hours postering in the blistering cold at 7:15 a.m. every Monday and Thursday. They face chastisement if seen by friends with posters in hand, and are often the sole voices willing to defend the pro-life cause on House e-mail lists...

Author: By Meghan E. Grizzle | Title: The Poster Children of Activism | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...Justice Department alleges in its indictment of Franklin that he asked one of the two AIPAC lobbyists to "put in a good word" for him in seeking assignment to the National Security Council. The document says the AIPAC official noted that such a job would put Franklin "by the elbow of the President" and said he would "do what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive: Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

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