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...defined by magic, which is why Kurt Scwhitters’ clever but often unimaginative book “Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales,” newly translated by Jack Zipes, contains only two or three real “fairy tales.” The rest is a dark medley of fables, tall tales, parables, and even word games—all of them dark, most of them with unhappy endings.Fairy tales do not have to be lighthearted. In “Bluebeard,” one of the oldest and most famous fairy tales, a young...
...witty way that is both naïve and worldly at the same time), and the formula has worked for him thus far. His latest film, “Observe and Report,” however, is like the evil twin of all his other feel-good movies. Rest assured, it has all these elements and more, but it takes them to an unexpectedly darker, more disturbing, or simply more obnoxious level than moviegoers may be expecting. “Observe and Report” follows shopping mall cop Ronnie Barnhardt (Rogen) as he embarks on a mission to catch...
Indeed, Malta calls that earlier report "disrespectful" and prefers to emphasize that Brazilians are relatively slim compared with their counterparts in the West. "I think Brazilians are still worried about their bodies. When we compare ourselves to the rest of the world, we are still much thinner," she tells TIME. "And remember, this is not just Brazilians that are getting fatter - this is a worldwide phenomenon...
Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso is proving himself to be a big spender. And he, like the rest of Japan, is hoping that spending more on the economic crisis will make it go away. At a press conference Friday afternoon, Aso unveiled $149 billion stimulus package, 50% larger than what Aso ordered up earlier this week and the third stimulus plan he has proposed since he took office last September. The latest package amounts to record spending for the world's second-largest economy - about 3% of GPP - and, if passed by lawmakers, will bring total fiscal spending during...
...Economists simply do not believe that tight-fisted and relatively poor Chinese consumers have the purchasing power to rescue China's economy, let alone the rest of the world. They're too busy saving for a rainy day. Beijing realizes that among consumers "household savings are high (and their consumption low) because of structural factors" says Roubini in his report, citing such factors as the lack of adequate health care and unemployment benefits, poor rural infrastructure and public services, lack of a proper social security system, and underdeveloped credit markets for mortgage and consumer finance. These all conspire to place...