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...That Girl) a single gal defined mainly by her boyfriend, her self-titled sitcom was able to be a sophisticated show about grownups among other grownups, having grownup conversations. Moore made Mary into a fully realized person, iconic but fallible, competent but flappable ("Mr. Gra-a-a-ant!"), practical but romantic. Mary was human and strong enough to be laughed with and laughed at, and that was the kind of liberation that mattered most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 17 Shows That Changed TV | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...entrepreneurialism - it's owned by a South African who has emigrated to Mozambique. For $50 an hour, Jaime Sumbane with his Panama hat and Dona Flor cigar will take you on a tour of the city. Driving through Maputo, the potholes are still there, even outside Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel's house, but foreign investment, most notably from the Chinese government, which sent the funds - and the prisoners - to build a new Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a conference center, has put the possibility back into Africa's former salsa and cocktail capital. Hollywood is already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Musical Revival | 9/8/2006 | See Source »

...travel on Unter den Linden boulevard with its elegant 18th century buildings, which contrast sharply with the stark East bloc architecture of Alexanderplatz, the final stop. Cost: single ticket $2.55, full-day ticket $7.00. Journey time: about 30 min. Lisbon: Pick up the No. 28 tram at Largo da Graça, above the imposing São Jorge Castle, with the destination "Prazeres" on the front. After clattering around the hilly, twisting streets of medieval Alfama at sometimes breakneck speeds, you'll reach the calm of the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Got a Ticket to Ride | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

...Bowie went through his R.-and-B. phase, they called it plastic soul. Now Neil Young is playing with the guys from Booker T. and the MGs, singing melodies ripped from the Otis Redding playbook, adding his own ragged guitar solos and flower-child lyrics: call it all-natural gra-soul-a. It's nearly always a little too sweet, with Young's voice reaching high to deliver heartfelt avowals of love tinged with sadness at the state of the world. A tightly professional backup of organ, mid-tempo drums and precise rhythm guitar keeps him from getting too wild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Are You Passionate? | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 25, 1999 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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