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...about 99% of a movie in order to make us feel good later is really a healthy thing for the actor or for the audience patiently enduring a string of bitter blows as his character, Chris Gardner, struggles to claim his share of the American dream and maintain his loving relationship with his son (played by Smith's own child, Jaden). You also have to wonder why director Gabriele Muccino chose to dramatize the poor man's plight by having him run constantly through the streets of San Francisco. What ever became of quiet desperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movies | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...fired from the left side, boosting her NCAA-leading goal total to 18. She was assisted by co-captain right winger Julie Chu and sophomore center Sarah Vaillancourt.Though the senior captain could be seen at times favoring her left leg because of a sprained right ankle, she managed to maintain her nation-high points per game average.Outshooting Providence 13-2 in the first period, Harvard showed that it had not fallen into the doldrums in two winless games after an eight-game win streak.“I thought we played with some energy,” Stone said...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard, Martin Gather Momentum With Victory Over Friars | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...likely to choose a meal at the Greenhouse over a meal in their House are the people whose schedules conflict with dining hall hours. Other students would probably go to their House dining halls anyway, avoiding the crowds in these smaller campus eateries. House dining halls would also still maintain their gustatory appeal: students would be able to eat as much as they like as opposed to smaller, limited meals in the cafés and campus eateries. Furthermore, the different opening and closing hours of these eateries mean that students tempted to have every meal outside their House would...

Author: By Ana I. Mendy | Title: A Palatable Vision, at Last | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

...decade ago. Four in five are at least partly owned by physicians, many in partnership with hospitals seeking to minimize losses. The number of imaging centers has climbed to 6,037, up from 4,159 in 2001, according to the data firm Verispan. The scanning machines are costly to maintain, but once those costs are covered, the machines mint money. "There's an intense market-share competition taking place between hospital outpatient departments and imaging centers," says John Donahue, chairman of National Imaging Associates, which manages radiology for insurers in 36 states. "This battle is under way in Florida, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hospital Wars | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Chavez's staying power, however, could depend on the opposition's ability to rebound from a demoralizing loss and maintain the unity it established on the campaign trail to end years of self-defeating bickering among its various parties. Rosales' brief concession speech suggested the opposition may have resolved to accept that Chavez won't be ousted any time soon, and to instead take the long view and strengthen their movement through grassroots organizational work - a counterintuitive option for a movement that has its origins in two parties of the political and economic elite that had maintained a lock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela's Opposition Concedes: Chavez Is Here to Stay | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

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