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Isn't it romantic? Your prince has come to save you! He's a bit balder than you had hoped, but it's time to lower your expectations. Your executives are bolting, and you just puked up a hair ball of an earnings report.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Microsoft-Yahoo! Deal User's Guide | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

There is a moment at the conclusion of “Let’s Get Lost,” Bruce Weber’s 1988 documentary, when legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker betrays a rare moment of honesty. When Baker learns in an interview that he’s...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Get Lost | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

In American romantic comedies like Knocked Up, Waitress and Juno, a woman's unwanted pregnancy is the springboard for sexual love, self-knowledge and, as she comes to term, the rosy maturity that Hollywood sees as motherhood. The word "abortion" is hardly spoken of; the procedure gets no serious consideration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Not to Have an Abortion | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

Still, the feted Edinburgh society of the time couldn't get enough. Novelist Henry Mackenzie called him "the heaven-taught ploughman". And how the ladies fell for the rough romantic with the wicked turn of phrase. "There is no doubt about it, he was a ladies man," says Wilson. "He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bacchanal of Burns Night | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

A bronze bust of Burns in the midst of gilt-framed romantic Highland scenes presides over the Caledonian Club dining room. Tom Quinn is singing "Rantin', Rovin' Robin" accompanied by Clive Gavin on piano as the members and guests digest. When wearing trousers, by day, both men are senior managers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bacchanal of Burns Night | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

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