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...told TIME. "But it's not something we can take for granted. People don't realize that our competitive edge comes from the rights and freedoms we enjoy." In that context, Hong Kong's political status is a problem. The territory is stuck in a halfway house of confusing, semi-democratic electoral procedures that do not do justice to its well-educated and sophisticated citizenry. While Hong Kong's sense of economic confidence today is palpable, many residents also believe the city has to move on-the reason why Leong was able to win enough nominations in the Election Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five More Years | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...Stiller, who is a producer on Blades of Glory, which opens nationwide March 30, backed out because he felt the role was too similar to ones he had played before. Ferrell had no such qualms even though he has made lots of sports movies (Talladega Nights, Kicking & Screaming and Semi-Pro, a basketball comedy shooting in Los Angeles and set for release in 2008) and is Hollywood's active leader in self-humiliation. Is there a person in the English-speaking world who hasn't marveled at the topography of his naked torso? "I heard the premise and thought, Gosh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Ferrell: Brilliant Idiot | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...book author and artist in her own right, Hughes, 46, is the daughter of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Her parents' tumultuous marriage, her father's infidelity, her mother's suicide when Frieda Hughes was three, and her parents' larger-than-life work (including her mother's semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar) have been the subject of dozens of books and movies. Now Hughes has broken her near silence about her own life and family drama, in her moving new book of poetry, 45, a must-read for any Plath devotee. The collection of poems (one for each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Frieda Hughes | 3/13/2007 | See Source »

...While most significant roles and arias are performed by semi-professionals, Harvard student Noah Van Niel ’08 gives an incredibly impressive performance in his role as the Italian Tenor. Van Niel sings the aria “Di rigori armato il seno” almost flawlessly, making it impossible to distinguish him from his more professional counterparts...

Author: By Nan N. Ransohoff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Stars Make ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ a Success | 3/12/2007 | See Source »

...lead with 9:35 left in the second period, as Clarkson’s Brodie Rutherglen picked up a blocked shot by Golden Knight Max Kolu to smack one through Tobe’s legs for the first goal of the night. “They came down semi-two-on-one,” Reese said. “Justin played it really well. On the whole, it was a tough turnover, but at the same time, it was a lucky shot.” Although the Crimson outshot the Knights, 18-7, in the second period, Clarkson shut...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Fails to Challenge Clarkson | 3/11/2007 | See Source »

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