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That's how it started. I was injured, the competition was getting tougher - Internet thing was starting to make big noise - and I needed to stay in the starting lineup. Don't get me wrong, I'd always kept myself in good shape. Worked out at the Journalists' Gym on the West Side: I could already bench press four Webster's International dictionaries. But there were too many guys who were stronger, yet they didn't seem to be working out any harder. And they were racking up the bylines. I'm talking about economics writers who couldn't lift...
...Bruno Ganz’s flat depiction. “Youth Without Youth,” an ambitious film, falls short of success. Coppola tries to compensate for the lack of a coherent storyline and weak performances with grand dramatic music and cinematography, but nothing can mask the disappointing shape of the film. —Staff writer Michelle L. Cronin can be reached at mlcronin@fas.harvard.edu...
...nominate Steve Jobs of Apple for Person of the Year. He is a true visionary who continues to lead the technological revolution. Year after year, Apple creates must-have products that shape how we live our lives. The iPod and iTunes have clearly had a legendary impact, and the iPhone is this year's best gadget by far. Jobs and Apple continue to lead us into a wonderful, new technological future...
...That principle helped shape Kyoto in a way that mostly gave developing nations a free pass. But, as Kerry pointed out, warming "is not a per-capita issue; it's a global emissions issue." The climate system doesn't care how little carbon each Indian is responsible for, if collectively they're throwing a whole lot into the atmosphere. So far the world has addressed this on a national level, not a personal one. But it's still hard to refute the argument that developing nations are somehow getting the short end of the stick here - which means we haven...
...Richards) to find a missing friend and, eventually, to save her world. On the way to her destiny she's imprisoned by a glamorous vamp (Nicole Kidman), befriended by a talking polar bear (the talking is done by Ian McKellen) and accompanied by her own Jiminy Cricket - a cute, shape-shifting creature who speaks in the cheerfully urgent voice of Freddy Highmore (Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...