Word: restlessness
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...woman in England." Just as scandalous was Unity, a close friend of Adolf Hitler's and so worshipfully devoted to him that she shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany (she survived with some brain damage; Hitler paid her German hospital bills). Jessica ("Decca"), a restless would-be communist, eloped with a cousin who was also Winston Churchill's nephew. She later moved to the U.S. and had great success with her muckraking book on the funeral industry, The American Way of Death...
...lift Mike Myers' eponymous ogre out of his slough of despondency and serve as long-eared Cupid in his romance with Cameron Diaz's princess. The movie runs on his delightful spirit--and runs right past an adult's expectations for animation. We usually hope not to get too restless as we indulge the kids in their cinematic treats. But this pretty, fractured fairy tale offers us real wit--including some nice, satirical hits on the Disney tradition--while still giving the wee ones plenty of broad, silly...
...Laden. No Mullah Omar. The suspected top two in the al Qaeda machine are still at large and probably long gone, and the natives are getting restless. In a Washington Post-ABC poll released Thursday, two-thirds of Americans believe the war on terrorism will be a success only with the capture of bin Laden - and they want Saddam Hussein out of Iraq too, which is exactly the point at which public opinion starts to bump into that "unprecedented coalition" we've been hearing about. But how long can Bush keep those 86-percent approval ratings going without bringing home...
...TEHRAN Azadeh Moaveni is TIME's indefatigable Tehran correspondent, covering a society in the throes of profound and painful changes. As a young American-educated Iranian, she has a unique perspective on the efforts of Iran's restless youth to cast off the shackles of conservative authority. Read her lively account of the quest for fun in Tehran at time.com/tehran...
...Mabel Cheung's Beijing Rocks throws down the gauntlet to Hong Kong. By using the young and restless generation?specifically, determinedly unambitious underground rock singers who want music, not Mao?Cheung questions China's new-order identity struggle and serves up a premise that's hard to refute: Hong Kong is passE, Beijing is today and that shift will dictate China's thereafter...