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But the novel is not Renée's alone. It also features the precocious 12-year-old Paloma, the daughter of one of the rich couples in Renée's building. A youthful idealist, she too is dismayed by the petty posturing of the gifted, privileged adults around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muriel Barbery: An Elegant Quill | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

I have great respect for their talents and skills, and I appreciate their friendship very much. They're both very gifted individuals, and I'm very grateful to have their support, and their advice and counsel.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: John McCain Talks With TIME | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

Bolt is an exciting showman and, clearly, a gifted runner, but is he an inimitable oddity, or proof that athletes are simply getting faster overall? World speed records have fallen like dominoes at these Olympic Games (in swimming too, you may have heard), and experts think humans can get faster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Fast Can Humans Go? | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

Of course, Phelps won't admit to it. But if you're as gifted as he is in the water, and you shrug off world records as easily as a coat, no mere clocks will keep you feeling challenged - you need something to motivate you. Setting eight new marks in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Even Higher Bar for Phelps? | 8/12/2008 | See Source »

Toward the end of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh launch into a vigorous sword fight - and what a grand pleasure it is to watch these two world-class stars in action again. In the mid-'80s-to-mid-'90s Golden Age of Hong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong Revives The Mummy | 8/1/2008 | See Source »

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