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...eventually succumbed to the irresistible aura of 007—then rendered as a debonair playboy by Sean Connery. Craig’s Bond is less suave and more sardonic; Green’s Vesper also has barbs aplenty up her masculine suit jacket sleeves to sling back at her nemesis and future lover...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE McCOLUMN: On Bond's New Woman | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...language roles. "She was the first Spanish actress invited by Hollywood to come here and make a movie," says Almodóvar. "I felt very proud. And at the same time, I was frightened." Cruz was soon cast in seemingly can't-miss projects: Billy Bob Thornton's first post-- Sling Blade directing effort, a 2000 adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, and Cameron Crowe's 2001 Vanilla Sky, a remake of a Spanish film Cruz had starred in. Forced to utter absurd lines like "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around," Cruz somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Pedro Rescued Penelope | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

Walking out of the doctor's office to her car, Clare Marie Ackroyd slipped on wet grass, fell and broke her right shoulder. When she got home from the emergency room later that day, her arm was in a sling, and she couldn't dress herself, fix a meal or even sign a check. That's an inconvenient situation for anyone, but for someone who lives alone, it can be a total nightmare. Ackroyd, 62, is divorced and has only one child, who lives in England, but her eight-week convalescence has been far easier than she expected. Ackroyd lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Home Alone | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...Macs at the moment.) The software found the Slingbox, tested its video, then found my network router and automatically configured it to stream video over the open Internet, not just on my home network. There?s a ?do it yourself? mode, but take my advice, nerds, and let Sling?s software take the first crack ? it was very fast, and saved me from having to log into my router, let alone recalling frighteningly geeky concepts such as ?port forwarding.? On the screen flashed a message that everything was good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sling Media Slingbox Pro & Family | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

...Jesse E. Foster Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Tokyo Having torn a tendon in my right rotator cuff, for which the only treatment is surgery, I have been obsessed with how I'm going to get dressed, do my hair and apply my make up with my dominant hand in a sling. Then I read Weisskopf's story. I am no longer worried about my situation. The bravery and courage exemplified by Weisskopf and his fellow amputees at Walter Reed are truly awe- inspiring and humbling. Those men should certainly be considered for Persons of the Year. Mary Ellen Lukasiewicz Cumberland, Rhode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Loss, Regaining Life | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

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