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...sports movie is such that we know we're going to have to sit through some defeats, some victories and a championship match, which of course turns out to be scheduled for the same night as one of Bliss' beauty pageants. Barrymore does a capable job with these action sequences, although tiny little Page is not the likeliest of derby contenders and the sport has such a cartoon aspect that it seems about as likely to become a national craze as Barrymore's Toronto hair style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whip It: Drew Barrymore, Director and Roller Derby Girl | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...case, perhaps we should all just take this wise fellow's word and call a ceasefire: "at the end of the day...who cares..just sit by the napkin dispenser...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Wipe That Off Your Face | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...government places great stock in the value of this sort of national spectacle, and the public has been barred access to streets where the parade takes place. While the events are meant to herald China's arrival as a modern superpower, the era when the Qing Emperor would sit perched atop his throne at the gates of the Forbidden City, surveying his massed army before him, still doesn't seem that far away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Parades | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...It’s the story of New York City. Manhattan may be New York State’s thinnest county, but the culinary temptations are everywhere. Countless pizza places leave the door open for the smell of fresh bread to waft outside, as thick slices with countless toppings sit on display. In Times Square, bright flashing ads of M&Ms bombard tourists as they gape upward, extra-large sodas in hand...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Indulgence on the Acropolis | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...than others," noted an editorial in the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's largest English-language newspaper. "It has taken an extraordinary financial crisis for the bank to see that its future lies where its roots are." In this supposedly borderless economy, perhaps it does matter where you sit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why HSBC Is Returning to Hong Kong | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

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