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...Spending a week in Welles's orbit, Richard learns how to light a match in the coolest possible way, how to impress a girl and, like Icarus, he discovers what happens when you get too close to a star. He rubs elbows with plenty of real people who were fast becoming Welles' loyalists, like Houseman, Joseph Cotton (James Tupper), George Coulouris (Ben Chaplin) and radio star Les Tremayne (Michael Brandon) as well as one fictional dream girl, Sonja (Claire Danes), a Vassar grad who functions as the production's girl Friday and occasionally, as Welles requires it, geisha...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

Furthermore, a Society of Arab Students film screening and student panel aimed at dispelling stereotypes of Arab-Americans was postponed in light of the incident at Foot Hood. Yet no satisfactory justification has been given for the specific rationale, thus raising suspicion and confusion about the objective of our event. The decision implies the culpability and invites the rebuke of our community. Worse yet, the need for our event was made ironically explicit in administrators’ explanation that they had consulted, instead, with the Harvard Islamic Society, thus conflating disparate religious and ethnic communities. In fact, not only...

Author: By Sa'ed A. Atshan, Nadia A. O. Gaber, and Rimal A. Kacem | Title: Guilty by Association | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...light of the investment losses suffered by the nation’s wealthiest universities this past year, schools with large endowments should adopt more conservative investment strategies, Tufts University President Lawrence S. Bacow said in an interview with Bloomberg News last week...

Author: By Alex E. Traub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tufts President Calls For Less Risky Investments | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...turf battles with Blair have resulted in Panetta's being seen in a more positive light, and focused some criticism on Blair instead. "Denny's a good guy, but he should really focus on being the President's principal intelligence adviser, not on the operational stuff," says an Administration official. "Leon, of all people, certainly doesn't need to be micromanaged - and neither do the CIA folks in the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIA Chief Panetta Winning Over Doubters at the Agency | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...lesson here, it's this: If an airline is going to hit you with an overweight-bag fee, ask to see its policy in writing and make sure airline representatives measure and weigh your bags in front of you. Oh, and if you're traveling to Thailand, pack light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Bag Fees: As High as the Cost of a Seat? | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

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