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Just before the latest Cirque du Soleil traveling show begins in its striped tent on Randall's Island, New York City, an announcer warns that the production contains flashing lights, "which may cause difficulty for people with photosynthesis epilepsy." Very considerate, these French Canadians. But given that this audience has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cirque du Soleil's Clowning Kooza | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

But their behavior is Noel Coward-sophisticate compared to what happens when the monster strikes. A horror/sf/disaster movie loses points every time you're forced to ask yourself, "Why are they doing something so stupid?", and the answer is, "Because they're in a horror/sf/disaster movie." And if you thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corliss on Cloverfield: The Blair Witch Reject | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

Currently, most anti-HIV drugs target individual proteins, and are given in combination as a cocktail. However, according to D’Souza, HIV is mutating and building up resistance to the cocktail. By studying the RNA-protein complex, which is crucial to the virus’ survival, Dâ?...

Author: By Kelly Y. Gu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: D’Souza Takes New Approach to Fighting AIDS | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

Truth is, Hammer never pretends to be a political sophisticate. "I haven't voted since they dissolved the Whig Party," he says in One Lonely Night. And his agenda is at least as much anarchist as it is fascist. He's against all the big people who prey on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince of Pulp | 7/22/2006 | See Source »

Sam Roberts is a rock-star sophisticate. At home in Montreal, he often listens to classical music. (He has played violin since he was 4.) He looks good on the cover of men's magazines, even with his trademark scruffy hair and beard. And the Juno-winning singer-songwriter, whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the City of the Mind | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

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