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...panorama of malefactors includes: a 13 year-old boy who is initiated into the mob by being shot point blank while wearing a bullet-proof vest, something like a Mafia bar mitzvah ("Now you are a man"); a middle-management toughie who, like Tony Soprano, is in the waste removal business (the Camorra holds a monopoly in this industry), dumping drums of toxic sludge; and two punks who quote the Pacino Scarface and think they've hit the jackpot when they stumble on a weapons stash ("Let's rack up corpses," one says, "no use feeling depressed"). Above these scarred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Little Movies that Could | 5/24/2008 | See Source »

...fact, he began writing Leaving in 1989, but set it aside and completed it only in 2007, after retiring from politics. Havel often said that he hoped to keep his artistic and political lives separate. His new play is proof of how ultimately he failed to do so. But, for many theater goers and readers, that's a blessing. Leaving documents the fall from grace of a powerful man. It takes an uncompromising, knowing look at the greed and excess that followed the fall of communism - a period that tends to be mythologized in the West. As an icon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freed from Power, Havel Mocks It | 5/23/2008 | See Source »

...primary on May 20. In his speech that night in Des Moines, Iowa, he praised Clinton's "courage and her commitment" and added, "Some may see the millions and millions of votes cast for each of us as evidence that our party is divided. But I see it as proof we have never been more ... united." When he praised Clinton for helping to shatter barriers in politics that had long held women back, he was using phrases that were very close to those that had been suggested by several Clinton-camp followers. One measure of Obama's desire for peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Does Hillary Want? | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...this office," praising her "committment and courage' over 35 years and congratulating her on "shattering myths and breaking barriers." He added: "Some may see the millions of millions of votes cast for each of us that evidence that our party is divided. I see it as proof that we have never been more united...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Start to the Campaign's Finish | 5/21/2008 | See Source »

...bill would cause a 16% drop in re-enlistment rates across all four branches of the military, the same study also predicts a 16% uptick in new recruits attracted by the benefit. The bill has 58 co-sponsors, including none other than Obama - just two shy of a veto-proof majority. It was passed last week by the House with a comfortable veto-proof majority, but as an amendment to the emergency war supplemental, it could be altered as the two chambers hammer out differences between the two versions. McCain's office is confident that in the reconciliation process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does McCain Have a Vets Problem? | 5/20/2008 | See Source »

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