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...Happy Anniversary, India Congratulations on the special report about India's 60 years of independence [Aug. 13]. William Dalrymple's "Business as Usual" was a brilliant piece of writing. India's democracy is robust, and in the past 15 years, its economy has grown fast. Nevertheless, India could (and must) have much more human equality. The country is home to the largest number of poor and malnourished. And yet, as mentioned in your June 18, 2007, issue, the estimated cost of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's planned 27-floor mansion in Mumbai is $1 billion, more than the combined annual income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

Following that great tradition of Shakespearean biographers, Greer's theories come thick, fast and unencumbered by hard proof. Greer postulates that Anne and William designed her pregnancy to jump-start the complicated marriage negotiations between their families. She envisions an independent Anne who, after William's departure, brought her three children through harsh winters, plagues and food shortages, and prospered as a maltmaker and moneylender. Anne, not William, purchased and restored New Place, the grand home to which he would eventually retire. Although the Shakespeares lived apart most of their married lives, Greer rejects the notion of estrangement. Sixteenth century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rethinking Anne Hathaway | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...Oscar finalists, attracts audiences to the big-ticket galas and special presentations. It also lures a sizable number of other power brokers: Hollywood execs, for whom Toronto has become a crucial harbinger of the movie-award season, and U.S. film critics, avid to see grown-up pictures after a fast-food summer diet of action epics with numerals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Directors | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...admit I shy away from motels that are obviously run by Middle Easterners. In my many nights on the road, I have found them to be less clean and poorly maintained. My favorite motel went downhill fast when it was taken over by Middle Easterners. Writer Hilary Hylton should have talked to a few travelers before calling us prejudiced against foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Sep. 3, 2007 | 8/28/2007 | See Source »

...Happy Anniversary, India Congratulations on the special report about India's 60 years of independence [Aug. 13]. William Dalrymple's "Business as Usual" was a brilliant piece of writing. India's democracy is robust, and in the past 15 years, its economy has grown fast. Nevertheless, India could (and must) have much more human equality. The country is home to the largest number of poor and malnourished. And yet, as mentioned in your June 18, 2007, issue, the estimated cost of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's planned 27-floor mansion in Mumbai is $1 billion, more than the combined annual income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A City in Ruin | 8/24/2007 | See Source »

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