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...Breakfast After Noon," by Andi Watson, may feel strange to you, given its simple concept. After all, a six-part mini-series about relationships seems out of place in comix, much less one set in a neo-realist milieu of modern working-class England. Published by Oni Press, the final issue has just been released. "Breakfast After Noon," has a memorably sensitive, low-key meaningfulness for something so "radical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See You in the Funny Papers | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

...notice similarities here with the work of filmmaker Mike Leigh, director of such British working-class dramas as "Secrets & Lies" and "Raining Stones." "Breakfast After Noon" doesn't have quite the grit of those films, though. The secondary characters aren't very fleshed out, and the story lacks the complexity of the Leigh films, which are also much more political than "Breakfast." On the other hand, you don't need subtitles to get past the accents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See You in the Funny Papers | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

...there are virtually no absolute health contraindications" for electroshock. It notes that psychiatrists have revised their technique for delivering the electricity in the past generation so that less power is needed and, consequently, fewer side effects result. For his part, Hartmann says he has often gone to work around noon after morning electroshock sessions. "The people in the office are just agog that you can add two and two, that you're not drooling," he says. "But my concentration was actually improved, and I felt so much better." Hartmann says the memory problems he has experienced have been minor--getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Sparks Over Electroshock | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...noon the day my flowers arrived, my room was awash in color. Unfortunately, the color of a $49 bouquet of tiger lilies from Flowerbud.com which had arrived by FedEx early that morning, was predominantly green because the lilies hadn't begun to open. "It doesn't feel like getting flowers," remarked a co-worker. "It's more like getting grass." The $62 multicolored tulips hand-delivered from 1-800-Flowers.com were brighter but a little ragged and carelessly arranged. I immediately tossed one droopy stem, and by the next day there were more brown petals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Valentines Online | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...much-anticipated match against Trinity takes place Saturday afternoon on the Barnaby Courts at the Murr Center. The women take the court at noon, while the men are on at two o'clock. The men's next opponent after Trinity is Amherst, which they will play on February...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Team Gears up for Trinity by Squashing Big Green | 2/1/2001 | See Source »

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