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...Taken could have been a real movie, and a good one. It spices its torture-porn premise - a man trying to save his daughter from being peddled as the tender meat in a white-slave ring - with Neeson's stolid, solid presence. But the film promises so much more than it delivers that by the end, I felt like registering a complaint with the Obama Administration's consumer-protection squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taken: The French Disconnection | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...cookie who's been dispatched from Miami to a snowbound Minnesota town in order to downsize the workforce at a factory. Despite what you might think, it is not a reality show but rather a wish-fulfillment fantasy for our economic times: good old-fashioned American ingenuity will certainly save the day. As a bonus, someone's frosty heart is bound to be thawed in the process by a strapping Minnesowt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New in Town, But Same Old Stories | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...Updike served an eventful term as President of The Harvard Lampoon in 1953—kidnapping the president of The Harvard Crimson and orchestrating a close save of The Lampoon’s famed ibis statue. A noted perfectionist, he graduated summa cum laude the following year with a degree in English, before going on to a fellowship at Oxford and a job at The New Yorker...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Author Updike Passes Away at 76 | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...Superbowl halftime show will see Chesley B. Sullenberg III landing a plane in Raymond James Stadium. The stunt attention will save the airline industry. Geitner and Summers will be seen practicing for a Ford Escape jump across Wall Street...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child, Emmeline D. Francis, Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, Emma M. Lind, Marcel E. Moran, Alix M. Olian, Ramya Parthasarathy, Jessica A. Sequeira, and James M. Wilsterman | Title: Predictions | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...First and foremost, the Raptor promises to save American lives and end air combat against any potential adversaries in a decisive fashion. During a recent military exercise, dubbed “Northern Edge” by the Pentagon, the Raptor amassed a truly impressive virtual kill ratio against the F-15 and F-16 fighters that have been the de facto standard for aircraft designers all over the world. This simulated exercise, known as a “Red Flag,” pits highly skilled United States Air Force pilots against each other in mock combat...

Author: By Eugene Kim | Title: Why We Need the Raptor | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

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