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...Israeli leaders, however, are skeptical of distinctions between different wings of Hamas, and are under strong domestic pressure to retaliate. Opposition leaders lambasted the government for its failure to stop the rocket attacks, while other critics targeted the security establishment for its failure to sniff out the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kidnapping in Gaza Puts New Pressure on Israel | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...career is rebounding, and she will appear in an upcoming Calvin Klein campaign with, coincidentally, Knightley's ex, male model Jamie Dornan. Knightley, 21, says she's "thrilled to follow the extraordinary women who have been associated with [Chanel]," like Nicole Kidman and Catherine Deneuve. And, really, who can sniff at that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 8, 2006 | 4/30/2006 | See Source »

...wouldn’t be so hungry. It’s probably even cooler in Japan, where you can text message your choice to the vending machine, almost as if it were an actual friend! Incidentally, in Japan you can also buy used women’s panties to sniff, but that’s just a bit odd. Fiending for snacks like those chaches in the “Lazy Sunday” video, Bell Lap decided to embark on a brave quest to find the best vending machines on campus. Maxwell-Dworkin: If there were...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Bell Lap: In Search of El Dorito | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

...instinctive response to this outbreak of British euphoria is condescension. (It's fun to switch cultural roles once in a while, no?) Americans who don't love music can sniff at the band's impossible youth--two of the Arctic Monkeys are 19, two are 20--and refrigerator-poetry name. Music lovers need only glance at dusty albums by Oasis, Super Furry Animals, the Prodigy and Bloc Party to remind themselves that the Brits routinely mistake mediocrity for greatness. Here's the thing, though: this time there's no mistake. Whatever People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Barrel of Monkeys | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...leadership confab as early as this fall. That would give would-be candidates less than six months to recruit delegates and build a campaign team--one reason that pressure is already building for hopefuls to declare themselves. Former Justice Minister Martin Cauchon was among the first to sniff the winds: he called a prospective supporter (unsuccessfully) three times for lunch. Others, like former Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin, powerful Toronto-area M.P.s Maurizio Bevilacqua and Joe Volpe and former hockey great Ken Dryden, are allowing speculation to float about their prospective candidacies. Still others are lurking on the sidelines, including former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Liberal Fallout | 1/30/2006 | See Source »

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