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The forms they would make their own had for decades been honorable Hollywood genres: the exotic epic, the adaptation of famous novels, the decorous comedy of manners. But with spiraling costs, the epic soon went microscopic. Big-budget films today are less likely to be adapted from classic novels than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gourmet of Life | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

Not all undercover jobs are so exotic. Sometimes it's as simple as buying a candy bar at an airport store to see if the cashiers hand out receipts. And even high-end restaurant work has its drawbacks. "After multiple meals at a hotel recently, I just couldn't take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secret Travelers | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

For the next 80 pages, the book becomes an enjoyable chronicle of Cook’s voyage, sailing past Antarctica to Tasmania, New Zealand, and several exotic Pacific islands. Encounters with the natives usually involved gift exchanges, celebrations, and, of course, sex. In many cases, the island women would have...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: Around the World In 286 Pages | 5/16/2005 | See Source »

For the next 80 pages, the book becomes an enjoyable chronicle of Cook’s voyage, sailing past Antarctica to Tasmania, New Zealand, and several exotic Pacific islands. Encounters with the natives usually involved gift exchanges, celebrations, and, of course, sex. In many cases, the island women would have...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: Around the World In 286 Pages | 5/15/2005 | See Source »

DIED. RENE RIVKIN, 61, disgraced Australian stockbroker whose investment tip sheet The Rivkin Report brought market advice to the masses before his conviction for insider trading in 2003; of an apparent suicide; in Sydney. Rivkin, whose lavish lifestyle included raucous parties aboard his $4 million yacht, more than 100 exotic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

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