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...considerable distance (we don’t know, for example, why Cleveland is involved), he relies on its existence to compensate for the poorly developed elements of the flaccid plot. If Art is vapid, it is because he lives in the shadow of a gangster; a scene with a pistol juxtaposes cheerful bonding in the hope that cliché plus cliché might make some real life. Acting does not add complexity to the situation. Granted, the actors are not given much (one of Jane’s key moments repeats the word “what” eight...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...prohibiting alcohol sales during Songkran, or Thai New Year, which runs April 13-15 and is the country's most important annual holiday. This is a bit like Sir Liam banning booze at Christmas. Better known among tourists as the Water Festival, Songkran is famous for mass water-pistol fights and - with millions of Thais visiting their families - insanely busy highways. During last year's festival, 360 people died in road accidents and 4,794 were injured. The main cause? Alcohol. Some 80% of road accidents during long holiday periods are due to drunk driving, a senior Thai health official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hour | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...Begin the endless process of convincing yourself that anyone will actually read your 50,000 words on the mating call of the Pistol Shrimp...

Author: By Laura C. Schaffer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Things to Do Post-Thesis | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...recently met. He seemed in a good mood. "Before leaving, he played a prank on the station commander that made everyone laugh," a fellow recruiter told investigators. But the newlyweds argued that night, and Andersson, inside his new Ford pickup, put the barrel of a Ruger .22-cal. pistol to his right temple and squeezed the trigger. His widow, suffering from psychiatric problems of her own, killed herself the next day with a gun she had just bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Army Recruiters Killing Themselves? | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...means by which Kretschmer obtained the murder weapon seem clear. A late-morning search of his parents' house has revealed that his father, a member of a local gun club, is the legal owner of 15 firearms; one pistol that had not been locked away, as well as many rounds of ammunition, were missing, the police say. Germany's gun laws are relatively strict but registered competitive marksmen, hunters and collectors can acquire guns after their physical and psychological soundness has been ascertained. (Cover: "The Columbine Effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany Reels from Deadly School Shooting | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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