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As I walked through the crowds of flamboyant males, I was somewhat self-conscious of my formal work attire (and gender), which marked me as a clear outsider. Customers in gay bars eyed me with bemused curiosity, but after a brief chat with the manager I was granted a seat...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Press Pass | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

Little Big China Those caveats are important. But China's technocrats are well aware of the risks they are running. "They came into this [crisis period] with eyes wide open," says Barber, recognizing that loans being granted in a relatively weak economic climate could start to go bad in droves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can China Save the World? | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

And with that, the questions about the former President's visit to Pyongyang - and about where relations with Kim's North Korea go from here - begin. As expected once he arrived, Clinton departed North Korea Wednesday morning with the two American TV journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, that he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Clinton Reverse the U.S.–North Korea Downward Spiral of Diplomacy? | 8/5/2009 | See Source »

Passions can run high. Advertising billboards featuring scantily clad women are periodically destroyed. There is a legal battle under way over demands to run separate public buses for men and women on routes serving ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods. Recently Jerusalem has seen weekly protests over a municipal decision to open a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay vs. Orthodox: A Deadly Turn in Israel's Culture War? | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

Granted, there's not much here that's new. Pynchon, 72, has been playing variations on these themes since the genius trifecta of his early days: V., The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. Even the grace notes are familiar. Inane, invented song lyrics? Got 'em. Festive foodstuffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Pynchon's Magical Mystery Tour | 8/1/2009 | See Source »

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