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...family ties thicker than political ones? Not in Illinois when a Governor nearing a re-election campaign is pitted against a street-smart ward politico who happens to be his father-in-law. The simmering feud between Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his wife's father, Chicago alderman Dick Mell, reached a boiling point last week. In a press conference, the Governor lashed out at his in-law amid reports that a grand jury is investigating allegations by Mell that Blagojevich's administration traded jobs for campaign contributions. Blagojevich denied the charges and asserted that the investigation was started only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Feud in Chicago | 5/24/2005 | See Source »

Marco Tullio Giordana's Once You're Born, a smart, heartfelt Italian drama about illegal immigrants--which was also many critics' pick for Worst Film in the Competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes: The Year of Living Less Dangerously | 5/24/2005 | See Source »

...said that he is looking forward to “discussions with colleagues and students within and beyond the art history department, the relatively big amount of academic freedom (research), motivated and smart students, the fantastic libraries and collections...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Da Vinci Expert Joins Faculty | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...that Saturday. They'll start, it's decided, at Hacienda: "Great margaritas, supercheap." If this is the night for the cadets to savor the choices they have made, then he'll also offer his ode to the infantry. "Everything is based off the infantry. Take engineering--that's just smart infantry. But I love it. I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Class of 9/11 | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

...head says Auteuil, Mortensen or Murray - whichever of this trio is in a film that doesn't get another top prize. (The Jury, remember, is discouraged from duplicating.) I might seem long-shot smart to suggest that Matteo Gadola, the boy in Once You're Born, has a chance - because last year's winner in this category was 14-year-old Yuuya Yagira in the Japanese drama Nobody Knows. But that's my heart speaking, not my smart. I think the boy is utterly beguiling. And I know the film doesn't stand a chance. (See below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes Diary X: Palmed Off | 5/20/2005 | See Source »

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