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"I think she's very pretty," says poor young Pip of the slightly older Estella. "I think she's very proud." Extraordinarily pretty and proudly defiant: that was the indelible first impression the 17-year-old Jean Simmons made on moviegoers in David Lean's Great Expectations in 1946, at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jean Simmons: Portrait of a Complicated Lady | 1/24/2010 | See Source »

So, what of the acting? You'd hope for a display of piercing intelligence from Bettany, but the main impression we get is of physical discomfort. Bettany's Darwin always has a chill or a case of the sweats, tummy ache or trembling hands. He has our sympathy initially, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creation: The Origin of Darwin's Origin of Species | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

There's a culture in this town, which is an insider culture. That's what I think people outside of Washington legitimately can't stand ... From the outside, if you're just watching TV and all you're hearing about is the reports, people may get the false impression that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'It Always Takes Longer Than You Think' | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

What do you mean, "Don't get too comfortable"? Don't get too comfortable in the sense that there's a culture in this town, which is an insider culture. That's what I think people outside of Washington legitimately can't stand. A sense that they're not being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Obama on His First Year in Office | 1/21/2010 | See Source »

When he visited Afghanistan in 1993, a journey that fired thousands of young Muslim men with jihadist zeal, the Soviet occupation had ended, and al-Awlaki was depressed by poverty and hunger in the homes where he stayed. "My impression was that he didn't like it there," says Abdul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Dangerous Is the Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki? | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

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