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...might call that bad news, because most of them still like Bush and Cheney, but elsewhere in America, the public tends to disagree. With Gustav looming, the GOP scrubbed the first day of their convention, leaving only the most basic items of business required in the by-laws. Like magic, Bush-Cheney vanished from the convention without controversy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Slow, Shaky Start for the GOP | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

...line to animate them in that sequence, at a speed carefully specified on one of the clouds. In another layout, the camera swoops before Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke as he gallantly draws a bow at his enemies while riding a giant antelope. The image falls somewhere between reality and magic, which was probably the intention. "There is reality in the fantasy created by Studio Ghibli," says Ryusuke Hikawa, an animé critic for over three decades. "But their message is that daily life is also full of wonder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dab Hands | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...unconscious deliberation is no more effective than conscious deliberation - using lists of pros vs. cons, for example - for making complex decisions, and that if anything, people who deliberate methodically are better off. "If you have to make decisions, you have to do your homework," says Newell. "There is no magic unconscious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gut Decisions May Not Be Smart | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...though, is to time the gluing just right. There is a magic moment just before the glue dries when it's hard enough to stick, but still tacky enough to give. That's when players at the Games want to hit the tables. If they don't, it's pong-demonium. "One of our players melted down [in a previous competition] because the match in front of her was delayed," said Fox, "so she thought her glue was losing its effect." Table tennis can be so stressful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sticky Business of Table Tennis | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...think race factored into your career? For some reason, Cheech and Chong, we obliterated the race line, just obliterated it. Because no one knows who we are. Everybody thinks we're them. That really is our magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A: Tommy Chong | 8/15/2008 | See Source »

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