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...survive on the outside, will also be on display in the Disney cartoon Bolt, opening in two weeks.) Marty finds that he looks exactly like all the other zebras on the veldt, or at least he does to Alex - a critique of racial stereotyping that the movie doesn't push too hard. Gloria flirts with a studly hippo (voiced by a Barry White-esque Will.I.Am, who also provides a couple of sprightly songs) before surrendering to Melman's mopey, wussy devotion...
...change was a good idea - not least because it gave drivers a more accurate measure of how much they'd end up spending at the pump. So, you would expect that the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) ratings - the industry-wide minimum standards that the government uses to push automakers to improve gas mileage - would also use the updated tests. But guess what? They don't. (See TIME's special report on Global Warming...
...excited that Joe Klein had an interview with Obama [Nov. 3]. I felt that a serious turn in reporting was exactly what the country needed. However, the interview itself was disappointing. Klein refers almost apologetically to an earlier interview in which Obama "grew a bit testy when I pushed him on the need for universal health insurance and a more aggressive global-warming policy." Instead of continuing to push, Klein came off as merely pulling the Obama wagon toward the presidential finish line. Please, Mr. Klein, we finally have in Obama the grownup we've been missing for the past...
...There’s always been—not a love/hate relationship—but a push-and-pull between Hollywood and Boston,” says Paul Sherman, author of the book “Big Screen Boston.” “There are obvious reasons that have made Boston not necessarily one of Hollywood’s favorite locations...
...diplomacy will be put to the test soon enough, as Taiwan continues to push for participation in international organizations, such as at the next World Health Organization meeting next May. Taiwan has sought participation in WHO and the United Nations in the past, but has routinely been blocked by Beijing. If China wants this chumminess to go its way, it would be wise, says Lin, to reconsider that stance, too. With a growing opposition movement in Taiwan, he says, "If Beijing does not make any flexible adjustment, it's bad news for Ma, and for cross-strait relations...