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Indeed, right out of college Chu caught the eye of tennis great Martina Navratilova and others on the Boston Lobsters franchise of World Team Tennis, a national league of teams composed of aging stars like Navratilova and up-and-coming prospects like Chu.

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Circling the Globe For a Tennis Dream | 11/1/2006 | See Source »

The shuddering naked woman strung up in the meat locker was not the problem. Neither was the guy ripping through chains embedded in his flesh to dismantle a ticking bomb in front of him. What worried the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) when the ratings body screened Saw III...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Splat Pack | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

Bought and savvily marketed by Lionsgate, Saw was a huge hit, proving that mainstream audiences have an appetite for sadism--at least if it's cleverly conceived. Another Saw quickly followed. So far the franchise has earned more than $250 million worldwide, and Saw III will open in roughly 3...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Splat Pack | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

A congressional source tells TIME that the lobbbying for Harman has included a phone call several months ago from entertainment industry billionaire and major Democratic party contributor Haim Saban. A Saban spokeswoman said he could not be reached for comment. A phone call pushing for a particular member's committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive: Feds Probe a Top Democrat's Relationship with AIPAC | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

I do, however, hope that Harvard students might be able to transfer some of the energy they now devote to checking webmail, poking (stalking) attractive freshmen on the facebook, discussing the UC or any Boston sport franchise, to reading about, some of the more pressing issues facing the world today...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: Scarier than Nukes | 10/19/2006 | See Source »

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