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...tariffs weren't enough for the likes of the U.S., Australia and Brazil. Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson wanted to go further, but Paris made it clear that if he promised too much on agriculture, France would veto a final wto agreement. Mandelson had hoped his offers on agriculture would kick-start negotiations on trade in services and industrial tariffs, but the talks barely moved. European farm protection was once again seen as the biggest global obstacle to free and fair trade, and the E.U.'s claims to leadership in the wto sounded hollow. So is there any chance that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Luck Next Year | 12/10/2005 | See Source »

...allegory! I’m referring here of course to the weekend’s blockbuster—the first installment in the non-awaited film adaptations of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Kids will be screaming for the mighty Lion Aslan (Christ) to kick some evil witch (Satan/Woman/Jew) butt! For in Narnia, it will be always be winter, but never Christmas. Hopefully the Pevensie children will be victorious, because Baby Jesus’s birthday is in less than three weeks and I plan on celebrating! So with this weekend to whet your appetites...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Another Tragic Holiday Season | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

Others see them as pushing into the future with their progressive, genre-bending work. Who is right? Maybe they just want to kick out some good jams...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Home Grown! | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...hope they don’t kick us out,” Bill told me. “They have more money than God, so they act like they can do whatever they want.” Yet Bill sees a different use for a fraction of that money when Harvard comes to Allston: “The place does need fixing, that’s for sure...

Author: By Michael Gould-wartofsky | Title: Who’s Got the ’View? | 12/6/2005 | See Source »

...each other, not to mention the occasional use of midgets to portray O’Brian and passers-by on the street. Also, Meg’s giant foot from the future crushes a piano.The first time around, the video is fun to watch for its sheer dizzying surrealistic kick. On a second viewing it becomes impossible not to try to piece together just how Gondry (here in his fourth video collaboration with the White Stripes) manages to pull it off in one shot. Digital trickery aside, it looks like the filming must have required some very oddly-shaped rooms...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, Bernard L. Parham, and Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pop Screen | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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