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...long," he says. "Comedy should be short. I don't even think they should make movie comedies. The last third is almost always torture. There's no energy left." And Seinfeld never harbored dreams of being a movie star. "If you read something somebody else wrote, no matter how well you read it, you didn't think of that," says Seinfeld. "I once had a bit I was going to try and do. I love when people talk about movies, they go, 'Oh, I loved when Brad Pitt said ...' No, no, no, no, no. Brad Pitt didn't say anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Seinfeld Goes Back to Work | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

Hawking established his scientific reputation by discovering that black holes don't just swallow up the light, energy and matter around them, but also leak it all back out at an accelerating pace over billions of years. This leakage, known as Hawking Radiation, is what allows Eric to be rescued, particle by particle, from his black hole, and then reassembled so that he and George can face new cosmic challenges in the sequels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Playful Genius, Stephen Hawking | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...only problematic for the individuals at hand—they are, after all, seemingly isolated mistakes of fallible men who took improper advantage of weaknesses in America’s campaign financing system; wider implications need not extend beyond the borders of their personal responsibility. The reality of the matter, however, is not quite as simple as we would like to think. The problem is that these events will be viewed in relation to more general public perceptions of Asian American political involvement, and the detrimental impact of those perceptions on Asian American political activism...

Author: By N. KATHY Lin | Title: Crooked Politics | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...hued Republican, who backed a 2006 California law to reduce state greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2020 - exactly the sort of mandatory cut President Bush refuses to consider - told delegates that the time for debate was finished. "The consequences of global climate change are so pressing, it doesn't matter who was responsible for the past," he said. "What matters is who is answerable for the future. And that is all of us." Pointing to California's success in creating two vital new industries - computers and biotech - and the entrepreneurial energy unleashed in the rapidly growing developing world, Schwarzenegger contended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.N.'s Hot Air on Climate Change | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...elected government official, no matter how inflamed is the rhetoric, is seriously considering the possibility of challenging the capitalist system,” Fernández said of Latin American leaders in his speech...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dominican President Urges Balance | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

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