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...What makes “Hopscotch” worth returning to, more than anything else, is simply the language itself. The words, rich with sensuous description, overflow their narrative bounds; winding sentences, propelled by commas, curl into perfect metaphors. The reader experiences the glow of a cigarette “slowly sketching out the shapes of his insomnia,” a passing moment as “putting down an empty glass on the table,” light as a “dove in the hands of a madman.” (For the sleek rendering...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cortázar’s Playful Magnum Opus | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...Hughes showed teenagers that light, with a rose-tinted glow. His Molly trilogy - Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, all starring actual teen Molly Ringwald - mined the emotional convulsions that make every kid feel he or she is the first lonely explorer on the dark side of the moon. In his mid-30s, Hughes got spookily in sync with the swooning narcissism of adolescence: that teachers are torturers; that parents are sweet but don't quite understand; that friends and lovers are two distinct species, one domestic, one alien; that I feel all these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Hughes, Chronicler of '80s Teens, Dies | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

...kitchen at the entrance showcasing cheese, meats and salads. Further on, a clutch of 11 custom-designed mobile panels helps create individual dining zones that can contract and expand according to crowd levels. Smaller tables, accented by original George Nelson swag-leg chairs, have been rendered from resin and glow from within via abundant natural light. Outside, the designer name-dropping continues unabated via Bertoia chairs and Durat tabletops crafted from recycled plastic. It's all capped by the superlative Italian creations of local celeb chef Tony Mantuano - a favorite of the Obamas, no less. See more at www.terzopianochicago.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eating in the Windy City | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...working-class Miami suburb. As soon as the agents enter the front door, they know they've acted on a good tip. The pungent smell of plant life fills the air. The ceiling of the master bedroom is a constellation of high-powered lightbulbs emitting a nourishing glow onto what officers estimate is more than 100 lb. of particularly potent marijuana plants with a street value upwards of $800,000. (See pictures of stoner cinema...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida's Marijuana Boom: House-Grown, and Potent | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...were in a “Cow Cab.” My friends were equally astonished by our surreal surroundings and we laughed harder and harder as we noticed the cow stuffed animals lining the dashboard and the blue light on the ceiling that made the cow fabric glow...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel | Title: Holy Cow! | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

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