Word: homely
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...filming in London in 1969 when Tate, who was eight months pregnant, and four others were found brutally murdered in the couple's Los Angeles home by members of the Charles Manson cult. (From the TIME archive: See more about the Tate murder...
...socioeconomic tension that films can cause riots (as the makers of Slumdog Millionaire learned when there were protests over the film's title, which some people found offensive), no one disputed the high-level censure. No displays of injured pride, not even a pretense of offense taken. Even the Home Minister's tactless remarks blaming migrants for Delhi's civic woes - "People come to Delhi. This is the capital, and we cannot stop them. But if they come to Delhi, they will have to adhere to the behavioral requirement, the discipline of the city" - went without remark. And that insouciance...
...accused of raping a 13-year-old girl he had photographed at Nicholson's home. Polanski pleaded guilty to one of six charges: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Released after 42 days in prison for psychological evaluation, he fled to France...
...early June, Iran was at the apex of its power on the world stage. Aid to insurgents in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon had helped convert Tehran into a regional superpower rivaled only by Israel. At home, hard-liners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had consolidated control of parliament, the judiciary and the military and marginalized reform parties...
...This week, however, Iran heads into talks in Geneva with the U.S. and five other world powers more vulnerable at home and abroad than at any time since the revolution's chaotic early days. Despite defiant talk and a weekend display of military force, the world's only theocracy begins its most important diplomatic engagement in three decades in real trouble. (See international protests of Iran's election...