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...phone. A late-night convenience store is visited by zombies who refuse to buy anything. An entire village pulls up stakes and moves itself inside a handbag made of the skin of a dog. Link casts her spells like an expert; these tales are far darker, crueler and sadder than their premises suggest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: 5 Short Story Gems | 9/11/2005 | See Source »

...score is the work of a master. The irresistible Doretta's Dream, the opera's most famous aria, is sung first by the poet Prunier, a sadder, wiser Rodolfo, whose prominence at the opera's beginning sets the tone for what is to come. The gradual transformation of the lovers' duet into a full-blown chorus in the second act is a magical lyric moment. There is even wit: a sly quote from Richard Strauss's Salome when Prunier describes his ideal woman, and a love duet that deliberately recalls the end of the first act of La Boh?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Puccini's Swallow Soars | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Sullivan, 33, Billy's boy, watched the game from the sidelines while bullyragging Raider Defensive End Howie Long. Next, curiouser and curiouser, Sullivan confronted Long in the milling aftermath. Linebacker Matt Millen dusted him off with a helmet, and Sullivan was restricted to the stands at Miami. In a sadder episode a couple of days later, young Wide Receiver Irving Fryar, 23, the leading punt returner in the N.F.L., showed up with a severed tendon in the little finger of his right hand. At first he described it as a kitchen accident, but Fryar's pregnant wife followed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Sudden Flash of Patriotism | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Inside Bill's New Game Machine Being an avid gamer does not make you a freak [May 23]. Playing video games is far more involving than just passively watching TV. It is sadder to while away countless hours sitting through inane television programs than to play games. I hope your article will encourage the less open-minded to experiment with their imaginations a smidgen more. It is very important to emphasize up-and-coming forms of entertainment like enhanced video games, which for many add immeasurably to the quality of leisure activity. Paul S. Miller London "Out of the Xbox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...attractive woman. In fact, she counts on it. She seems not to care about the bad effects that her outrageous conduct has on civil discourse; she prefers to bask in stardom. It's sad that her fans are amused by her trashy mouth. It's even sadder to contemplate what it says about the state of our country when Coulter's brand of xenophobia passes for critical political thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 16, 2005 | 5/8/2005 | See Source »

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