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...acknowledge that the movie's stabs at wit are not so much sophomoric as freshmanic. In his Indo-American accent, Pitka asks Darren, "What is it you cahn't face?" (cahn't rhyming with hunt - your kids will explain the joke to you). And even at 80 minutes or so, The Love Guru is overly long and repetitious, unable to sustain its comic conceit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love Guru: Transcendent ... Not! | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

Roscheisen's competitors are, to put it gently, dubious about his claims, pointing out that the cost of raw materials alone should make it impossible to produce $1-a-watt panels profitably. "Of course they doubt it," he says. "Otherwise it makes a joke of their business models." Nanosolar's claims should become more transparent as the company scales up and either meets demand or fails to; in the past, it has suffered production delays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solar Power's New Style | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...Ahhh, America. As Dinock told her joke, I wondered how Hillary Clinton would have reacted if she had been there to hear it. I know how she would have reacted a year ago: with an awkward chill, a brisk Methodist propriety. These days, though, I imagine Clinton would have thrown back her head and guffawed. And maybe said something like "Ain't that the truth." That has been Hillary Clinton's story this year: she has learned how to be at ease with people like Margaret Dinock, and has come to believe that she - and only she - can adequately represent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Hillary Unite the Party? | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...Some of the things he used to joke about made it to his scripts. I remember saying to myself, β€˜he used to tell that joke when we were in college,’” Robinson said...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reginald Hudlin | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...time they come and go from work is extremely sad. People are adults. Employers are hiring people over 18 who have brains and can make their own decisions about time. Letting them make the choice between leaving at 5 or 5:30 is extremely paternalistic. It's a joke, and the joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Freedom at Work | 5/30/2008 | See Source »

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