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These morsels shamed all the cartons of take-away potstickers at Chinese restaurants back home. And even the best dumpling houses in Shanghai couldn’t compare to these mom-and-pop delicacies...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks | Title: Street Food | 6/25/2007 | See Source »

...million or so people without traditional bank accounts. The main draw at the centers, which will be in about a quarter of all Wal-Mart stores by the end of 2008, is the cashing of government and printed payroll checks for the bargain price of $3 a pop. The retailer is also debuting a reloadable, prepaid Visa debit card that does not require a bank account or proof of U.S. citizenship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wal-Mart's Unbanking Business | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...Bruce Willis is a pimp, dude," says Kevin Smith, the writer-producer who plays one of the villains in the movie and was such a fan growing up that he had Willis' pop-blues album, The Return of Bruno, in his car's cassette player at all times. "Bruce Willis made me start drinking. I'm not a fan of alcohol. But when Bruce Willis sings about golden wine coolers, you have to get your drink on. I showed up at parties with Seagram's wine coolers, and people would say, 'What are you, crazy? We have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bruce Willis Keeps His Cool | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

Which shouldn't be a surprise. People in "legitimate" creative fields like to believe that ads can't be art, but ads often have been as influential as TV--or more so--in pop culture. This is demonstrated by, of all things, a TV series: AMC's Mad Men, about ad executives in 1960--and possibly the best new show you'll see this summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's an Ad. But Is It Art? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...giving groups like al-Qaeda plenty of time to move their key commanders and fighters out of harm's way, leaving behind a small corps of jihadis to engage the Americans. And when the operation began, the military concentrated its energies on a single location, allowing the militants to pop up in other, relatively unprotected places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the New Iraq Offensive | 6/19/2007 | See Source »

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