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...goes unspoken, no comment undissected. The verbal back-and-forth propels each scene - a single sentence can turn a relationship on its head, transform losers into winners, victims into fighters. Speaking to her friend Sébastien about her father, Lolita goes from pushover to pissed off in an instant. "I don't hate him," she says. "I just want him dead." The dialogue is tack-sharp and finely polished, but still so natural it could have floated out of any café on any street corner of Paris. Like other films Bacri and Jaoui have written together, Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Duo | 10/24/2004 | See Source »

...superimposed a series of questions designed to set nationalistic teeth on edge. "Asians lack muscle?" asked one. "Asians lack the will to win?" Then came the kicker, as Liu raised his arms above the trademark Swoosh on his shoulder: "Stereotypes are made to be broken." It was an instant success. "Nike understands why Chinese are proud," says Li Yao, a weekend player at Swoosh-bedecked basketball courts near Beijing's Tiananmen Square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: How Nike Figured Out China | 10/24/2004 | See Source »

...first indication that Smile was not to remain an asterisk in pop history came in 2003, when Wilson (now severed from the Beach Boys) announced his intent to reconstruct and play the album in concerts across Europe. The first of those, in London, attracted instant claims of “timelessness,” both for the concert and what was increasingly seen as a new ordering and orchestration of Smile itself...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beach Boys’ Lost Classic Draws Smiles | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

Unlike popular file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and Morpheus, which allow users to search and download among a worldwide network of computers, Wirehog only facilitates downloading between two acquaintances in a fashion more akin to the file-transfer feature on instant messaging programs...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Facebook Creator To Debut Wirehog | 10/20/2004 | See Source »

Having spent the summer navigating a sea of programming code, Wirehog’s creators said they were confident the program would be able to connect any two computers, even those behind firewalls, which can hinder access and typically prohibit file-transfers on programs like AOL Instant Messenger...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Facebook Creator To Debut Wirehog | 10/20/2004 | See Source »

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