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...Price at a London auction last week for a bar of soap purportedly crafted out of fat extracted from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during liposuction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 6/25/2005 | See Source »

Naaah. For Sugarbaby is that contradiction in terms, a light German comedy. Which means that Eisi, who is married to a woman too busy to pamper him, is ready for some fat-and-sassy attention. Which means that when they eventually come to intimacies, things turn out just fine: softcolored lights, unforced endearments, a jolly bathtub wallow and the strains of Marianne's favorite pop tune, Sugarbaby, percolating in their ears. This is about where Writer-Director Percy Adlon (Celeste, The Swing) gets carried away with his odd-couple romance. Gooey gels clot the lens, and the camera sways without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Growing Up, Old and Fat | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...want a PAC or high-priced fat cat speaking for me. I am the lobbyist who should count. I vote. George K. Bradley Birmingham, Mich. Doc in the Dock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 24, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Another tale allegedly involves a fat man with a history of coronary disease who suffered a heart attack while trying to start a Sears lawn mower, sued Sears and the manufacturer, contending that too much force was required to pull the rope, and won $1,750,000. The real story, the trial lawyers point out, is that a 32-year-old doctor, who had no history of heart trouble, fell victim to a heart attack after futilely yanking the lawn mower's starter cord 15 times. A Philadelphia jury found that the mower's exhaust valve failed to meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Sorry, Your Policy Is Canceled | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...incident marked the latest stage in a war touched off last month by the Sydney Morning Herald, which accused Indonesian President Suharto's family and business associates of "waxing fat on government capital, credit and concessions and accumulating $2 billion to $3 billion." The Jakarta government retaliated by threatening to reject Australian military-aid programs. By midweek, however, Indonesia eased its stance and waived the visa requirement for Australian tourists, who bring the archipelago millions of dollars in annual revenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: May 5, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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