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...only one dish served by a chef, you can't judge him with as much precision as if you eat everything on the menu.) Even worse, each test will feature just one essay topic; if you retake the test and get a topic you really love, your score could shoot up--a clear example of low reliability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Inside The New SAT | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...city that until now has had to make do with a big Hollywood sign. A few weeks ago, if you happened to be touring the garden and small outdoor amphitheaters that Gehry has provided at roof level, you might have run across Cindy Crawford doing a fashion shoot. If those Hollywood letters start to crumble again, maybe this time people can just let them fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: The Art of Warp | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...grandmother, an extravagant spirit who, like many women in her family, tended toward "slight and major derangements." Her father, a hard-drinking depressive, leveraged one real estate deal after another with little money. "His idea of a relaxing way to make a payment was to drive to Nevada and shoot craps all night." The remembered details of family life yield vivid metaphors for her theme, none better than this: in a Sacramento house the Didions moved into in 1951, the gold silk organza curtains on the stairs hadn't been changed since 1907. They "hung almost two stories, billowed iridescent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dire State | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...response to Franken's thought-provoking book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. It is telling that O'Reilly made no attempt to dispute Franken's points; O'Reilly's response is to whine that he can't shoot the messenger. MARCIA HAIR Marietta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 27, 2003 | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...producing "branded content" for advertisers. British viewers recently saw two-minute "documentaries" that the BBC produced for the French automaker Renault to coincide with the launch of a new van, and the BBC has produced promos for clients ranging from Lexus to Vodafone. "We're not rushing out to shoot every commercial under the sun," says Andy Bryant, who heads the commercial-services division. "But it's going to be a lucrative area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Media: The Beeb Cashes In | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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