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...must work hard to resist the Sopranos comparison. If the show has taught anything, it's that beneath the garish veneer of suburban New Jersey family life steams a sewer of betrayal. But the comparison is actually unfair--to the Soprano clan. Bad as he is, Tony would never pull something as bumbling--and psychosexually crude--as what Charles Kushner, a real estate impresario and one of the Democratic Party's most generous political donors, is alleged to have done to his sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Did You Get My Gift? | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...proposing--and, hey, even producing, but usually in other nations--buildings that don't resemble the bland boxes that crowd most American downtowns. Nobody wants to summon back the naive techno-optimism of the 1950s and '60s. All the same, spend an hour at MOMA, and you can't resist gathering these buildings into an imaginary skyline as sexy as anything in The Jetsons. Remember when the future was fun? Perhaps it still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: Tall Orders | 7/26/2004 | See Source »

...proposing - and, hey, even producing, but usually in other nations - buildings that don't resemble the bland boxes that crowd most American downtowns. Nobody wants to summon back the naive techno-optimism of the 1950s and '60s. All the same, spend an hour at moma, and you can't resist gathering these buildings into an imaginary skyline as sexy as anything from TV's space-age Jetsons cartoon. Remember when the future was fun? Perhaps it still is. But scary fun all the same. After 9/11, skyscrapers first have to be places where people can feel comfortable on those high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tall Order | 7/25/2004 | See Source »

...officer then used pepper spray on Moats. After being sprayed, Moats still continued to resist the officers, but he was finally removed and placed under arrest...

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Suspect Arrested On Garden Street | 7/23/2004 | See Source »

FREE SAMPLE "When EnVee fell to the floor an inch away from the steel spike of Vanessa's Choo, it was an opportunity Vanessa couldn't resist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: If You Read Only 10 Trashy Novels This Summer | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

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