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...prison. "When you do your absentee, if I'm not mistaken, they have to certify on that particular absentee ballot that they are who they say they are," says Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, which is not formally involved with the suit. "To fraudulently swear you are in violation of the law - if someone willingly does this, they are subject to laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Votes Count in Florida | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...when he was overheard talking with a colleague about how exactly they planned to destroy the neighborhood, the two were detained by security guards). Instead of filming a puppet of Godzilla in stop-motion, as O'Brien had done for King Kong, Tsuburaya put an actor in a rubber suit and ran the camera at high speed, making Godzilla's movements seem appropriately ponderous when played back. The suit, however, weighed 220 lbs. (100 kg), and the actor inside it lost 20 lbs. (9 kg) in six weeks of shooting. With a budget of $1.5 million, Gojira (Godzilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monster Success | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Enabling families to buy second homes, SUVs, and designer clothing is not the purpose of financial aid, or so I had thought. But I can cannot help but conclude that that is the ultimate effect of Harvard’s new plan. I wear old T-shirts, and they suit me just fine. Others wear designer clothing and there is nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is asking alumni to contribute to the embarrassment of riches already bestowed upon the American upper class. I will not do so, and I encourage others to withhold their contributions as well. ANDREW...

Author: By Andrew L. Kalloch | Title: Financial Aid Supports Embarrassment of Riches | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...player feels he has been falsely accused of steroid use, he can file a defamation suit against baseball. The problem with that, from a player's perspective, is that any major league player named in the report - even a relatively unknown one - would probably be considered a public figure. As such, not only would the player have to prove that he didn't use steroids, but that Mitchell published his name with "actual malice," with "a reckless disregard for the truth." Of course, a bespectacled former Senator who is the chairman of the largest law firm on earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mitchell Named Names. Now What? | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...preaching, to the 3 million-strong Sikh diaspora. Schools to teach young Sikhs how to tie a turban have opened in many cities, and an organization called Akal Purakh Ki Fauj has brought out "smart turban software" to help users identify the style of turban that would best suit them. Turban-tying competitions are held across Punjab on Baisakhi, the Sikh New Year, and a Mr. Singh International contest is held for turbaned Sikhs every year - as all Sikh men use the surname 'Singh,' which means lion - in which participants get points on how well they tie their turbans. Sikh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India 'Idol' Launches a New Turban Legend | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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