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...point Tadashi encounters a circus taken over by the germ that keeps going about its business - a seeping, rotting parody of its once jubilant self. One complaint: although the entire book is in English, including the sound effects, it has been printed right to left; a pointless gimmick that adds nothing to the book except frustration. In spite of this, Junji Ito's "Gyo" should be your top choice for beachside reading this weekend. Just make sure to read it before lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fish Tales | 5/28/2004 | See Source »

Cahill beefed up the campaign's outreach to veterans and decreed an end to the gimmick of posing Kerry on a Harley at nearly every campaign stop. She bluntly told the candidate he had to quit sounding as if he were on the Senate floor and start showing some fire. But her first big strategic move made hardly any sense at all to anyone who wasn't at Cahill's table. With Kerry trailing in New Hampshire, campaign staff members would look instead to Iowa's caucuses the week before to give them a bank shot. "We knew that Dean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Miracle Worker | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

Planets and Politics As a robot rover transmits striking shots of Mars, Bush calls for human exploration of the Red Planet. Is the President's proposal just an election-year gimmick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table Of Contents: Jan. 26, 2004 | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

University President Lawrence H. Summers has spent the last three years searching for the right gimmick to make people take his academic vision seriously. A supporting role as Jafar’s less nefarious, more studious half-brother in the next straight-to-video Aladdin sequel might be just the trick...

Author: By The Editors, THE EDITORS | Title: Dartboard | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

...bored of the antiwar talk soon enough, and Dean has little else to offer that is any more appealing than what Kerry, Lieberman, Gephardt or any of the boys has to say. Indeed, in the five months until the first votes of the primary are cast, the gimmick may well...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla, | Title: Dean's Inevitable Downfall | 9/16/2003 | See Source »

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