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...doubt about which candidate the church backed. Before the election, the Cardinal sent a letter to all Philippine parishes pointedly instructing the faithful to vote for those who showed 'respect for human rights and life' ... Said one Vatican official ... 'Sin is very highly regarded here, particularly for his keen intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

...worked his way around to action-hero-dom. He got the Stealth role when a girlfriend of director Rob Cohen's talked Cohen into watching Sweet Home Alabama, and he noticed that Lucas looks a lot like Newman, his favorite actor. Sony wasn't so keen on building a $124 million film around an actor famous mostly for Sweet Home Alabama. So Cohen shot a $1 million screen test, which ended with Lucas, in Navy whites, saluting the camera while the theme from An Officer and a Gentleman played. Arnold Schwarzenegger was sold more subtly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: To Be or Not to Be a Hero | 7/24/2005 | See Source »

Barreira added that the two students on the committee were particularly keen on Travia because they thought he seemed to possess a good understanding of the “mindset and experience of students...

Author: By Matthew S. Lebowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First Alcohol Czar Tapped | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...Victorian Act - the first such law passed in Australia, in mid-2001 - makes it an offense to incite "hatred," "serious contempt," or "severe ridicule" of a person or group because of their religious belief. The Catch the Fire case, its first test, has drawn keen interest around the world. At a time when extremists commit mass murder in Islam's name, many Muslims in the West are complaining that their beliefs are misrepresented and their communities unfairly targeted by anti-terrorism laws. The U.N. Human Rights Commission resolved in April to combat what it called "defamation campaigns against Islam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Fired Up About Faith | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

...classics as Little Caesar (1930), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Rainmaker (1956) and True Grit (1969); of complications from diabetes; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. A moviemaker without eccentricities who could cut a deal as deftly as he cut a film, Wallis hid under his phlegmatic manner a keen intelligence and an uncanny eye for talent. Among his discoveries: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Shirley MacLaine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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