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But Valli wasn't just kidding with his falsetto. It was not pure, not angelic, like the sweet-child voices of Brian and Carl Wilson on such Beach Boys tracks as "In My Room" and "God Only Knows." Valli's had a raspiness that gave his romantic pleas gravel, gravity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falsetto Meets "The Sopranos" | 11/25/2005 | See Source »

Third, some people deny responsibility, saying, “I was the only person who could have rescued the drowning child, but I can’t be held responsible for those foreign children since so many others could be saving them too.” But would you have...

Author: By Danny Yagan | Title: The Price of Luxury | 11/16/2005 | See Source »

Despite the pleas and pressure from the other leaders, Howard did not crack. He pointed to the problems of visa overstayers and the possibility that guest workers would be seen, and treated, as second-class labor. In Europe and Canada, unscrupulous operators have exploited seasonal foreign workers. And Australia's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slim Pickings | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

Memories of the Simpson investigation may haunt local police, but the public fascination with this case seems to stem from recollections of Susan Smith's tearful televised pleas to an alleged carjacker to return the two sons she had already drowned in a South Carolina lake. Bereaved relatives have become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO KILLED THIS CHILD? | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

We were, without a doubt however, warned against this sort of young love. Mother, Oprah, and that same aunt (then with her second husband who owned a yacht in Boca) repeatedly uttered to us during family reunions, Florida vacations, and late-night talks on the summer house porch: ?...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, | Title: Now Comes the Bride | 10/6/2005 | See Source »

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