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...Knocked Up is, essentially, a rich-girl-poor-boy romantic comedy, of the kind Hollywood manufactured by the hundreds in its glamorous, sexually restrictive prime. Back then, an unmarried woman with a baby would usually be the victim of mistaken identity. Ginger Rogers, say, in the 1939 Bachelor Mother: she notices an abandoned infant outside an orphanage, gathers the child up and is thought to be its mother; comic discomfort ensues. On rare occasions, and with back-breaking dexterity, a gifted writer could work the sex act into a movie's plot. Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Knocked Out by 'Knocked Up' | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...cinnamon. The high wheat content and nutmeg aroma of the Schneider Aventinus make it a great beer for a fall afternoon. Rogue Old Crustacean is intense and malty--a perfect complement, suggests Garry, to grilled meats or braised pork belly. The J.W. Lees Harvest would go well with a ginger cake, while the 1993 Thomas Hardy's is so rich and sweet, it could stand up to a Stilton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Brew | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

...LONDON: Located in a 127-year-old building overlooking verdant Hyde Park, the Mandarin Oriental London is a welcome sight for weary souls climbing out of the cab or limo from Heathrow. Its one-hour-and-50-minute Ginger Ritual ($495) is billed as the perfect jet-lag cure, and comprises deep Shiatsu massage for the kidneys, feet, hips, shoulders, neck and back, as well as aromatherapy featuring an oil that's custom-blended to a guest's needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel Perks | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...primary tool, a solid-phase microextractor, is a $100 penlike device that can record the specific molecules present around anything with a smell. Fennel, cucumber, melon, tomato leaf, black plum and hydroponic celery might soon start to show up as notes in consumer fragrances. Scent notes of Japanese ginger, Indian mango, lantana leaves, evening maiden orchids and pickled jalapeņo peppers could also appear in the next generation of soaps and shampoos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smell of Competition | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...Ginger took turns calling numbers with Yvonne, the establishment's owner, who in a short straight wig and long velvet jacket, had a Louise Brooks vibe - a sharp contrast to the beehive hairdos and animal-print outfits of Lips' other waitresses, who looked to have come straight from the set of a John Waters movie. Ginger and Yvonne's cutting back-and-forth of mostly unprintable comments about Clay Aiken, Michael Jackson, and Weight Watchers spared neither each other nor the bingo players. When the first winner went to the front of the room to get her card verified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Drag Queens Took Over Bingo | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

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