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RENEE ZELLWEGER plays a hardscrabble country woman in the upcoming Civil War epic Cold Mountain. To fix the mood on set, director Anthony Minghella displayed tintype photos of cast members, including Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. Zellweger "is not digging into her own biography as an actress," says Minghella in Interview, where the pictures appear. "She's creating it." Either that or it's the gritty stare of a gal who wants her Oscar...
...parties may fail to reach the 5% mark needed to qualify for the Duma. If the elections are true to past form, there will be some vote rigging. "In Moscow or in St. Petersburg, they rig the vote by 2% to 5%," Yavlinsky told TIME. "In some regions, they fix 50% of returns." "They" in this case are overzealous Putin supporters. Putin's freedom of maneuver in a second term depends largely on next week's results. An election that seemed so predictable just five weeks ago looks a little less certain now. Maybe that's why Putin...
...time Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Thomas L. Friedman speaks for most of the North American elite when he condemns “these anti-WTO protesters—who are a Noah’s ark of flat-earth advocates, protectionist trade unions and yuppies looking for their 1960s fix.” Yet, even within the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, there are some new voices admitting that the Friedman world view and policy prescriptions have led to misery for much of the world. In many Ivy League economic circles and among the Business Roundtable, the Washington...
Here's a trade deficit that the WTO can't fix. Every year, it seems, Japan sends its best baseball player to America's major leagues while the U.S. ships back geriatric has-beens and misfits. This year is no different. The latest Japanese export is skillful, switch-hitting shortstop Kazuo Matsui, who announced on Nov. 17 that he would leave the Seibu Lions and sign with an American team. "It's been my dream to play in the majors," says Matsui, sounding like a replay of the 2002 announcement by the New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui. (No relation...
...passengers struck by gastroenteritis this month on the cruise ship Aurora can attest, holidays sometimes go very wrong. Mediterranean ports refused to allow the ship entry for fear of contagion, and irate travelers have threatened to sue. But what rights would you have in a similar fix? Not many. Airlines and cruise operators owe their passengers a "duty of care" not to expose them to unreasonable risk. If the company has breached this (e.g. with inadequate hygiene), then you may have cause for compensation. But proving that can be difficult?the spread of a contagious virus in an enclosed setting...