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...Sprint isn't necessarily being unreasonable. There are customers who refuse to be satisfied. What's the fun in that? To these ultimate whiners, a cell phone contract is not an exchange of money for a specific service, it's an opportunity for corporate combat, for indulging their Goliath-killing, "they can't mess with me" fantasy. It's a chance to continually move the goalposts and then complain about a rule change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "Can You Hear Me Now, Sprint?" | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...Sure, there were others who came to the aid of police officers in the attack, but no one has caught the public's imagination like Smeaton. Bloggers post peans to his bravery, and have great fun playing with his assonance-friendly name: "Smeaton meets al-qaeda" one post suggested; another referred to "his smeatness," one more to "the smeatonator"; there were even calls for a national museum: the Smeatsonian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Smeaton: Scottish Hero | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...going to be a circus, but it is fun when the circus comes to town," says Lalas, who seems to love needling the Beckham-obsessed English press. In recent weeks he has called the globally watched English Premier League an "inferior product" because only a handful of big-money teams have a realistic chance of winning its championship. Beckham, former England captain whose virtuoso free kicks made him a national hero (and spawned the movie title Bend It Like Beckham) is also one of the country's most obsessively followed celebrities. His book, My Side, was the fastest-selling autobiography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beckham Circus Comes to Town | 7/8/2007 | See Source »

...their mother's. "My single friends have their own life and money to bring to the table," says Sarah Jessica Parker, the star of Sex and the City. "It's the same as the characters on the show: my friends are looking for a relationship as fulfilling, challenging and fun as the one they have with their girlfriends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Husband? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...needing a man is not the same as not wanting one. For all the laughs on Sex and the City, one can feel the ache that comes when yet another episode ends with the heart still a lonely hunter. And if you think being a single woman is all fun and games, just listen to star Parker, who is married to actor Matthew Broderick. Even as she's become a mascot for the feisty new single woman, Parker says she often stands on the set in her spike Jimmy Choo open-toes and see-through shirts, worried that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs a Husband? | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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