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...richly deserved counterpoint to the irritating Bridget Jones franchise. Imagine Bridget on amphetamines and you have a fair idea of Gemma Bovery. The characterizations of Gemma as a rudderless yuppie, Charlie as the befuddled schlub, various French and English twits and even Joubert, the largely sympathetic baker/narrator are all razor sharp satires that always have enough humanity to keep them from becoming two-dimensional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art Imitates Art | 2/5/2005 | See Source »

...very simple, but it's a potent combination." Robert McDonald, a P&G senior executive, hinted to TIME at new products that could capitalize on each firm's strengths. "We have the best-selling male fragrance in Hugo Boss," he says. "How about a Hugo Boss designer razor?" Problem is, with P&G already so big, boasting more than $50 billion in sales, it needs the equivalent of a new megabrand like Tide each year to hit its targets of 5% to 7% annual growth. That would be a lot of Boss razors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land of the Giants | 1/31/2005 | See Source »

Over the course of last weekend, Harvard moved from the playoff bubble to a comfortable, if not ideal, place based on Pairwise Rankings. Heading into the weekend, Harvard edged a razor-thin eighth place in the eight-team playoff...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vaillancourt continues impressive rookie campaign with a goal and an assist | 1/12/2005 | See Source »

...about 2.2 million cars, and assembly lines in China should be able to make up to 8 million vehicles a year by 2010, even though the estimated market will be half that. As a result, carmakers have cut prices on some models by up to 30%. Profit margins are razor thin and shrinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Made in China: Here Come the Really Cheap Cars | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

...presence of a lesbian schoolgirl love scene. The movies were O.K., but Murray was better, and in Rushmore he finally found something worthy of his skill. Anderson conceived the role of the pitiable, contemptible but redeemable Herman Blume specifically for Murray (in part because he loved him in The Razor's Edge). Murray was a revelation as a man fighting off soul death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Faces of Bill | 1/3/2005 | See Source »

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