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Both McCain and Palin brag about the other one's accomplishments and seem increasingly comfortable engaging in banter. Their crusty warhorse/feisty newcomer interplay, complete with exaggerated facial expressions and playful physicality, have created an unforeseen alchemy (a grander, graver version of Regis and Kelly). The old senator and young governor stay unswervingly on message, delivering both the positive and negative storylines that are key for any successful campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain and Palin: Polishing Their Buddy Act | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

This "property" (one wouldn't want to dignify it with any grander term) comes complete with a gimmick: No man - not even among the extras - is ever seen or heard in it. The playwright's original text can be described as a hard-working woman's revenge on New York's idle rich, wasting their days on manicures, fashion shows and, above all, gossip. In updating the original, English - who was responsible for the estimable TV series Murphy Brown - has been fairly faithful to her source. Once again, the husband of Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) begins an affair with Crystal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Women: Sex Crime | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

Indeed, doing away with lunch trays is just one piece of a grander scheme to make dining halls and campuses carbon neutral. Schools have begun buying organic and locally grown foods, for example, or sometimes growing food right on campus. At the University of Maryland, there's a tomato and herb garden atop one of the dining facilities; it was planted to generate interest in local and sustainable farming, and is watered in part using runoff from refrigerator condensation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on College Cafeteria Trays | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...them about Asia because that’s what I study and think about.”Hays chooses not to comment on the body of her recent project, and says simply that the idea sparked in March 2006. Since then she has worked on her pieces in the grander scheme of pursuing one extraordinary concept. Hays focuses primarily on installation and video art, with materials that range from expansive embroidery to large Plexiglass boxes.Installation, Hays says, emphasizes the relationship of objects to one another rather than a single object itself. This kind of art takes into consideration the space...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alexandra M. Hays '09 | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...created a flyer that reads, "Carne Asada Is Not a Crime," which they're asking taco lovers to print and post in their neighborhoods. "Taco trucks are such a vibrant part of the landscape of L.A.," says Rutherford. "They're messing with the free market." There's talk of grander plans, too, like a citywide "taco truck night," in which Angelenos will be encouraged to eat a meal at a taco truck in a show of solidarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Taco Truck War | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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