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...broken and importunate McCartney, mourning his late wife Linda. (For example, the formality with which the ex-Beatle loaned Mills money, the judge wrote, belied a seamless emotional bond). He also wrote: "The wife for her part must have felt rather swept off her feet by a man as famous as the husband. I think this may well have warped her perception leading her to indulge in make-believe. The objective facts simply do not support her case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Judge's Take on Heather Mills | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...there is a lesson to be drawn from this for the AKP, it is that Turkey's political balance is delicate and to enact change requires coalition-builders, not bulldozers - even with 47% of the vote. Erdogan might learn to rein in his famous temper and accomodate critics. For instance, he abandoned a much-needed reform to overhaul the constitution, a leftover from a 1980 military coup, in favor of a one-off amendment to lift the ban on headscarves in universities. "If Erdogan stuck to his original steps, like joining Europe and integrating with the global economy, he wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ban Sought on Turkey Rulers | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard students who privately harbor fantasies that you’ll be famous one day would be well advised to join me in keeping a hypothetical rapt public in mind when you put pen to (the edge of the) paper. Because future historians will doubtlessly mine the margins of your old books for clues about your character...

Author: By Charlie E. Riggs | Title: Margin of Error | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...claim that they have been contacted by Iranian TV networks and threatened that they will lose their jobs unless they deny that they ever signed the statement. All week, conservative newspapers have run lists of names of signatories that they claim have denied their ever supporting the initiative. One famous actor, Parviz Parastoui, even published an open letter declaring, "Manijeh Hekmat has no right to decide for me." Others have reiterated their support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tehran's Filmmakers Under Fire | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...sale forabout $1300. That same day, there wereabsolutely no adult fi lms available forBetamax on eBay. The reason for this?No such fi lms exist.As few people know, the adult fi lmindustry has had, among other things,a hand in deciding the accepted trendin format rivalries like the famous clashbetween Video Home System (VHS) andBetamax. This sway comes solely fromthe industry’s output. In 2005, adult fi lmsales and rentals amounted to a $4.28 billionrevenue. In that same year, the totalUS motion picture box offi ce gross wasless than $1.5 billion.In order to understand the adult fi lmindustry?...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Costs and Benefits of the High-Def War | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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