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...mother of a certain generation, whisk her away for a matinee. She will sigh and speak of Cole Porter - his music punctuates many scenes, and indeed, there are moments when you fear Barnes is going to deliver a full number - and she will immediately forgive you for that unfortunate scarf you bought her for Mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easy Virtue: Jessica Biel Shakes Up the Brits | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...this a sigh-of-relief rally, or is something positive going on with respect to the longer-term earnings potential of financials? I don't think this rally has much to do with the longer-term earnings potential of these companies. I think the move in financials, mostly over the last four to six weeks, is primarily a sigh of relief. To be more precise, it's about institutional investors repositioning themselves in these stocks. Last year there was a mass exodus from financial stocks, and not just the banks. There was just too much risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stock Market: Why Are Financial Stocks Rallying? | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...plane to the Maldives, tourists sigh about the luxury resorts and sun-dappled beaches to which they are bound. From above, the country's coral-fringed lagoons in the Indian Ocean look computer-generated: arrayed in turquoise pods, they stretch over an azure expanse that would span from Rome to Budapest. Ibn Battuta, the 14th century Arab explorer, hailed the archipelago as "one of the wonders of the world." Ever since, the Maldives has enchanted shipwrecked sailors, Hollywood celebrities and Russian oligarchs fortunate enough to wash up by its shores. Yet beneath this outsiders' vision of paradise lurks a more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Maldives' Struggle to Stay Afloat | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...might be wondering why Harvard fans should care. Take any all-star and add his stats to your roster fantasy-style and things should be looking up, right?. But trust, we have reason to sigh. Casually mentioned on popular sportsblog Deadspin, it appears Strasburg was recruited by the Crimson when he remained a relatively unheralded prospect coming out of high school. A quick google search provides some confirmation that the claim is true...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield | Title: Future No. 1 Pick a Former Harvard Recruit? | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

...wants to wring the moisture from his socks and drink it. Few female stars of Hollywood's golden age received the luminous, slow-motion, soft-focus devotion Efron gets here. The idea is to stir the audience, and not just the young girls, to a collective rapturous sigh. (See pictures of Efron's career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zac Efron: The Tweens' Dream | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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