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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Coens’ past projects have ranged in type from screwball comedy to noir to westerns, often blurring all three, they have always achieved maximum success when dealing with people on society’s fringes. Their most interesting characters are social misfits like The Dude—the pot-smoking, White Russian-drinking hero of “The Big Lebowski”—rather than rich urbanites like Osbourne and Katie Cox. Joel and Ethan have a lot of love for The Dude, but not so much for the characters in “Burn After...

Author: By Claire J. Saffitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burn After Reading | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

...cheery worldview, but it was honest. He ate meat but realized, in his essay "Consider the Lobster," that if a crustacean is trying to claw its way out of a pot of boiling water, you are cold-blooded murderer when you eat it. In the 150th anniversary issue of The Atlantic last year, he nihilistically stated an unpopular truth about liberty: The cost of freedom is that you have to occasionally let 3,000 people die in terrorist attacks. His 1999 collection of short stories, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men - which John Krasinski has adapted into a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appreciation: David Foster Wallace 1962-2008 | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

Still, a starving man won't pass up gruel just because it's not Mom's pot roast. And after Lieberman gave the delegates that first mouthful of stewed maverick, things started looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Convention That Sparked the GOP | 9/5/2008 | See Source »

...Square is also where you'll find Isfahan's bazaar. Save your rials for miniature paintings, decorative tiles and - if you're feeling flush - a rug or two. When retail overload hits, head deep into the market and get a table at the delightfully clandestine Azadeghan teahouse for a pot of brew and a plate of sweets. Try the nabat (saffron rock candy) or the Moorish zulbia (twirly, deep-fried dough in syrup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Golden City | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

...disgusted that you chose to glorify Rogen and celebrate his illegal pot-smoking rather than condemn it. Surely you could have found a celebrity who deserves recognition for a positive reason. Shawna Zervos, Moundsville, W.Va...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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