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The second objection would be to the film's pace. There were long stretches when stuff just didn't happen. Antonioni had an answer for that too: "In certain moments, life has different rhythms. At times it's dynamic, at other times static. So why should we avoid the static...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Antonioni Blew Up the Movies | 8/5/2007 | See Source »

One key objection to alien tort claims is that they run counter to the traditional deference paid to local courts. But this presumes a reasonably functioning local judiciary, and there is scant evidence of that in Colombia. Since 1986 2,515 trade unionists have been murdered there - about 120 a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suing Multinationals Over Murder | 8/1/2007 | See Source »

His objection to Trivers’ letter, Dershowitz added, was not the invocation of Nazism, but instead the apparently threatening language that followed.

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dershowitz Foes Face Scrutiny | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

Still, there are hidden costs to cheap calories. Environmental damage is one--in the postwar race to the lowest possible price, farmers applied oceans of pesticides and fertilizers--but obesity is the most obvious. A common objection to ending subsidies is that people will go hungry, and indeed some Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rising Costs of Food | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

(2 of 4) The government for years has been trying to liven up the place. In 2002 nightclubs were allowed for the first time to remain open around the clock, an attempt to inject some oxygen into the tourist trade and nightlife (lawmakers also repealed a law barring dancing on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singapore Soars | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

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