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...winner of our focus group was Oliver, the fake choice we put on the list to see if people would just pick a superpopular name. Griffin came in second, followed by Ezra and then Isaac and Levi. Judah and Edison were right behind, with Zed coming in a shocking ninth out of 20, thus proving I need new friends, because ours are either idiots or trying to sabotage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Please Help Joel Stein Name His Baby! | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...extreme. Mac impeccably delivers uncouth lines almost every two minutes, destining them for imitation in the future. Though crude comedy is decidedly less-valued in critical circles, there is no denying that it makes you laugh. “Soul Men” is dedicated to both Mac and Isaac Hayes, who makes a cameo in the film and died a day after Mac. A tribute to Mac rolls throughout the film’s closing credits, consisting of outtakes and stand-up bits he did on-set during breaks in production. In terms of both comedy and emotionality, Mac?...

Author: By Jessica O. Matthews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Soul Men" | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...artistic thaw didn't begin until the 1970s, as warming relations between the U.S. and China made cultural exchanges possible, including visits by the Philadelphia Symphony in 1973 and violinist Isaac Stern in 1979. That fired the musical interests of the Chinese at the same time the country's domestic policies were boosting music in other, unintended ways. Even during the Cultural Revolution, there was a need for musicians who could play the approved political operas; young people clamored to land those jobs, if only because that would permit them to remain in the city, rather than being sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bernstein in Beijing: China's Classical Music Explosion | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

...year the numbers are flipped: 83,400 voted for Republican candidates, and nearly 165,000 participated in the Democratic primary. Although Hillary Clinton won Ohio easily, Obama's best showing statewide came in Hamilton, where he won 63% of the vote. "We have a reservoir of support there," says Isaac Baker, Obama's Ohio spokesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ohio Republican County That Could Tip the Election | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Fast Facts: • Krugman, 55, grew up on Long Island. As a child he developed a keen interest in science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov, whom he credited in a 1995 essay with nudging him toward the study of economics

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Krugman | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

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