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...Italy wasn't the only quarter final contestant to try to destroy its opponent's tactical advantage, merely the only unsuccessful one. Russia, Germany and, again in spectacular fashion, Turkey, provided delicious upsets of Holland (1-3 after extra time), Portugal (2-3) and Croatia (1-1 after extra time, 3-1 on penalties) to disrupt a tournament that had already been set alight by Turkey's last gasp heroics against Switzerland and the Czech Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: And Then There Were Four | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...these creatures and many other spectacular cinematic beasties sprang from the fertile mind and animating fingers of Stan Winston, dead at 62 after a long bout with multiple myeloma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stan Winston | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...Lifeand of course Happy Feet: stick to animals. When stylized artfully, they have so much more wit and personality than mere human beings. Not having to attempt a duplication of reality liberates a good animator's imagination. In KFP you'll see this in the spectacular fight scenes, but also in the character sketching, in the subtlety of glances and gestures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kung Fu Panda: Wise Heart, Sweet Art | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

...when a little amount of empathy and patience would have avoided the tribulations and histrionics that followed). The University is now so fully engaged in the world that it is barely recognizable. Programs of education abroad, participation in scientific, political and economic enterprises at home and abroad, and a spectacular opening to the arts and cultures of the U.S. and of the world now risk relegating to the sidelines what should be the essence and the bulk of the University’s activities: teaching and research...

Author: By Stanley Hoffmann | Title: Half a Century of Changes | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...this state of affairs come about? In what follows I focus on the faculty and set aside the students, where affirmative action has not been so spectacular a failure...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield | Title: The Cost of Affirmative Action | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

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