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...huge screen on the Caesars Palace stage reveals a Nevada billboard bearing a poster of Bette Midler. She's posed in a cute blue dress with a short skirt that shows off her indestructibly fabulous gams; her smile is so electric it could light every casino on the Strip. A donkey wanders past, seemingly unimpressed, as, in the distance, a storm gathers strength. It morphs into a tornado, sending croupiers and chorines whizzing across the skyscape like Miss Gulch over Kansas. The door to an airborne Port-A-Potty swings open and an Elvis impersonator falls out. Now the video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Takes Vegas, Leaves Bathhouse | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...evening would be one of emotion. North Korean and U.S. flags stood at either end of the stage, and the audience rose as both nations' anthems were played. For the next two hours, it was easy to forget that during the afternoon's bus ride, we had passed a poster of a giant fist slamming a helpless little Uncle Sam that read, SMASH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes Of Hope | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...emotion. North Korean and U.S. flags stood at either end of the stage, and the entire audience rose as both nations' anthems were played. From that point on, for the next two hours, it was hard to remember that during the bus ride that afternoon, we had passed a poster of a giant fist slamming a helpless little Uncle Sam that read, "Smash the USA." When he introduced George Gershwin's An American in Paris, Maazel told the audience that perhaps one day another composer would write a symphony entitled "An American in Pyongyang." Whatever ambivalence the North Korean audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ballad Of Kim Jong Il | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...recruiting,” “Lehman brothers,” “Merril Lynch,” “Goldman” etc. (Double shot if they mention being flown somewhere for an interview ) 15.) You see a “Q” guide poster and have no idea what the fuck it means

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Harvard Drinking Games | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

...stage, and the entire audience rose as both nations' anthems were played. From that point on, for the next two hours, it was hard to remember that during the bus ride that afternoon, the members of the orchestra and the journalists accompanying them had passed a poster of a giant fist slamming a helpless little Uncle Sam that read, "Smash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea Thaws, If Just for a Night | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

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