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Deposed in a bloodless coup last September, Thaksin has acquired quite the post-power diversion. Last month, he bought Manchester City Football Club for $162 million - mere pocket change compared with the roughly $2 billion in funds Thai authorities have frozen from his family bank accounts. The military junta now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Generals Will Root for Man U | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

If Johnny Carson was TV's aloof arbiter of taste, Merv Griffin, who died Aug. 12 at 82, was the welcoming show-biz uncle who seemed to want everyone he brought on his talk show to become a star--including Richard Pryor and George Carlin, whose careers he helped launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TV Mogul with the Common : Merv Griffin | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

The academy is being watched closely in education circles. The Davidsons are well-connected philanthropists who made their fortune in the education-software business--Jan and a friend conceived the hit Math Blaster program in the early 1980s. She and her husband sold Davidson & Associates for roughly $1.1 billion in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Failing Our Geniuses? | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

She presided over a vast social and cultural network. She was always gracious and dressed impeccably, as befitted a First Lady. She often said that she took the time to dress well because that was what was expected of her. She wrote and spoke about the joy of giving - not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the First Lady of New York | 8/15/2007 | See Source »

With the death of Elizabeth Murray at age 66 on Sunday, America lost one of its smartest, slyest, most exuberant painters. Merv Griffin will get longer eulogies this week. But trust me, when The Wheel of Fortune is done spinning, she's the one who will matter a great deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elizabeth Murray: Bringing Painting Back to Life | 8/14/2007 | See Source »

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