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Banville has said that he wishes to give prose, “the kind of denseness and thickness poetry has.” Practically, this wish causes him to write in long, flowery sentences. He opens his novel with ornate description: “Of the things we fashioned for...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Banville Creates a Parallel Universe in ‘The Infinities’ | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Whatever the company's motivations, the quota is still an audacious move for Europe's biggest telecom group - part of recent efforts to shake off its old-fashioned image and revamp its operations for the 21st century. Women currently only occupy 12% of the management positions at Deutsche Telekom offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Germany, a Quota for Female Managers | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

The result is a new-style western that's both entertaining and as mesmerizing as Givens' cold-blooded speech to the crook with the scattergun: "I want you to understand. I don't pull my sidearm unless I'm going to shoot to kill. That's its purpose, huh? To...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lone Gunman | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

Slightly disappointed that there won't be any live specimens prancing about, we follow O'Rahilly down a long, tapered tunnel meant to shrink the visitor - psychologically, at least - to leprechaun size. The first room is a re-creation of the Giant's Causeway, the legendary hexagonal rock formation in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland's New Museum for Leprechauns | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Rather than the politically correct, nonjudgmental phrase that has been foisted on presenters for more than two decades - "And the Oscar goes to ..." - presenters this year introduced each winner with the blunt, old-fashioned but perfectly accurate phrase "And the winner is ..." (See the top 10 memorable moments of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oscar Comeback: 'And the Winner Is ...' | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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