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...lips that uttered that sentence are capable of smiling, rather sweetly, and often part to emit bursts of spontaneous laughter. He tells jokes, though no one can quite remember the setups or the punch lines. He has two young sons (his daughter died 10 days after her birth in 2002) and a sparky wife who seems adept at summoning his lighter side. Still, it's difficult to imagine him indulging in frivolous pursuits. It comes as no surprise that he's the son of a Scottish preacher, a background that imparted what he calls "a sense of a moral compass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question Of Character | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...like Schipper had no choice butto retreat to their darkened bedroom and wait, often for days, until the agony passed. Doctors could prescribe heavy-duty painkillers, but regular use often triggered even more painful episodes. Making matters worse, friends and co-workers tended to treat headache sufferers as the punch line of a bad joke, as if they were having headaches on purpose to avoid work or sex or some deeply repressed memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Science of Headaches | 5/8/2007 | See Source »

...Spider-Man 3 spent five weeks shooting in New York City, where the only thing that comes cheap is attitude. Pirates set its cast members adrift in a giant tank in the Bahamas for months. We can only imagine the rum punch bills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Spider-Man Worth $300 Million? | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...Osborn (James Franco), who has become the new Green Goblin, Spider-Man’s most dangerous foe. As a whole, the execution works. The plot doesn’t seem muddled by the two love interests and three villains, and visually, the film really rocks you hard. Every punch comes closer to knocking you off your seat, and you can feel every fall. Part of what makes the Spider-Man movie franchise so endearing is its sentimentality. You like Peter Parker, and you sympathize with him. When his Aunt May gives him loving advice, when he makes a bonehead...

Author: By John D. Selig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spider-Man 3 | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...natural leader, and he relates with a lot of different guys,” Tobe said. “And he is obviously one of the best defensemen in the college game this year—very calm and composed—but he can add some offensive punch as well.”Playing professional hockey while at the same time attending one of the most competitive colleges in the nation is no easy task. Reese, an economics concentrator, could be considered the ultimate student-athlete, having to balance schoolwork for three classes with what is really a burgeoning...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reese Makes Most of Minor League Stop | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

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