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...Conversely, even if you got a great price on a rug that doesn't fit in your apartment, you're still a sucker. Early on, I decided that I much prefer simple, single-knot tribal rugs that have a homespun quality to them, as opposed to the grand, Persian, double-knot silk carpets that go well in a living room full of ivory elephant tusks. This may mean my tastes aren't very elevated, but it has saved me a lot of money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Buy an Oriental Rug | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

Still, at the end of it, Obama showed what all the campaign's stage-managing has failed to - marveling, "Wow, she really housed that sucker." The offhand outburst of slang made him seem like anything but an intellectual, or a presidential candidate. Whether he can capably channel more of that guy-next-door-persona tonight could well determine his fate in Pennsylvania, and possibly in the fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Regular Guy Dilemma | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...before Dassin) as an American tout aiming for the big score, then fleeing from its consequences. In his goon period, with that weird smile (his upper lip raised as if by invisible fish hooks), and outfitted in a checkered jacket so loud it practically barks, Widmark is the perfect sucker in a nightscape made for entrapment. The titanic figure of night-club owner Francis L. Sullivan is just one of the menacing clowns in this nutty noir's sideshow of gargoyle grotesques. This time, instead of borrowing from Orson Welles, Dassin seems to be prefiguring him. Night and the City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Master of the Heist | 4/6/2008 | See Source »

...supposed to say yes. A reporter interviews a movie star at a restaurant or a hotel lobby or an office, with his publicist lurking in the corner, ready to cut off any vaguely interesting questions. But to come over to my house for dinner? That's a trap no sucker has ever shoved a famous foot into. Partly because there are so many unknowns-you're stuck alone chatting up the family while the reporter cooks, you accidentally let slip a cruel joke about a wedding photo, you somehow use the bathroom wrong-and partly because who the hell wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Clooney: The Last Movie Star | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...back from behind the arc. The Quakers buried three consecutive treys in just under two minutes to take a 53-44 lead with just over eight minutes remaining in the game. “When you’re the underdog, it’s easy to let that sucker launch,” Delaney-Smith said. “And they kept launching it. It’s a little bit harder to keep launching threes when you’re supposed to win by a lot.” Harvard clawed back in it thanks...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tay’s Jumper Rescues Crimson Against Penn | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

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