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...fine features of a leading man, and that?s what he was. He made his Broadway debut in December 1925, when Phyllis was a year old. A few years later, when the movies became the talkies, Kirkland was among the hundreds of stage actors lured west. He had a contract at Fox (?The Devil?s Lottery,? ?Charlie Chan?s Chance? and the first talkie version of ?Black Beauty?), but his two notable films were made at Paramount - where he co-starred with Tallulah Bankhead in George Cukor?s first solo directorial feature, ?Tarnished Lady? - and MGM, where he got third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Reasons to Love New York — Part III | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

...Panty hose infused with microcapsules of purported anticellulite ingredients are available from Donna Karan, L'Eggs and Hanes. But read the fine print: the hose need to be worn five days a week for a minimum of eight weeks before any results can be seen, and even then they promise only to reduce the appearance of cellulite, not eliminate it. After almost two months, our testers found no noticeable changes to their dimply thighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Watch: Cloaking Cellulite | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...says Liu, a crew-cut, 37-year-old traffic cop who declined to give his full name. "It's especially true in the traffic section. If you help spring a murderer, you're going to feel a heavy psychological burden. But if you help a friend beat a traffic fine, you feel nothing." The Beijing cop says most policemen he knows have helped get friends or acquaintances off the hook for traffic violations. "It's become part of our culture," Liu says. "China has plenty of laws. It's the enforcement that's lacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mean Streets | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...than the existence they left behind. "They have to be willing to work as street vendors if that's what it takes to learn the market economy," says Lee Min Bok, a former North Korean agricultural scientist who now heads a Christian refugee association. And some are doing just fine. Ju Sun Young, an actress in North Korean propaganda films?she played Kim Jong Il's mother?opened a restaurant last August, just eight months after arriving in South Korea. This year she opened a second outlet that offers nightly performances of North Korean songs and dances. "My dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Whole New World | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...have a rich life that way. And did I ever go hungry? Not hungry. Did I ever do without things? Yes, I definitely did. It's all relative, of course, but when I was in Switzerland in college, my budget was $250 a month for everything, and I managed fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everybody Has Their Burdens | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

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