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...Dragon), merely terrific (Silence) and epically creepy (Hannibal). The writing in the new one tends to flab compared to the leanness of the earlier books. And there's a bigger problem I'll get to in a minute. For now, call Hannibal Rising an OK book from a superior writer. You'll want to get it, not just to read, and decide for yourself, but to place next to the other Lecters. It has family resemblances: a keen intelligence, a crime-heat reporter's attention to morbid detail and a fearless interest in abnormal psychology. But if the four books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Becoming Hannibal Lecter | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...poignant dirge for the defeated. In anticipation of the U.S. attack, Japanese soldiers have dug miles of tunnels to live in and fire from. But everyone, from the stalwart general (Ken Watanabe) on down, realizes that this anthill is to be a mass tomb. Waiting for an enemy with superior firepower, knowing you can't leave, knowing you can't win, knowing you will die--this is the tersest summary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movies | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...mastery of basic math drills has not gotten results. The Bush administration has created a panel to do research on teaching math as a response to this problem. But they would save a good deal of time and effort if they took hints from some of our mathematically superior neighbors...

Author: By Ronald K. Kamdem | Title: Doing Math the Easy Way | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

...which consists of a triangle-shaped green, a cannon, and a six-foot tall statue of Baldwin standing atop two rectangular five-ton pedestals, was unveiled on Patriots’ Day in 1918. Edmonds first became aware of the memorial’s predicament when he learned that Middlesex Superior Court planned to temporarily relocate itself to Woburn while its permanent home, the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge, undergoes scheduled renovations. Cummings Properties, based in Woburn, is managing construction of the temporary courthouse and an office complex near the green. To make way for the increased number...

Author: By William M. Goldsmith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Roadwork Threatens Memorial to Revolutionary War Alum | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

...cleaning fanatics, a vacuum can mean only one thing: Dyson. Since the company's inception in 1993, James Dyson has strived to create innovative machines superior to anything else on the market. Now comes his latest invention, the Root 6, above, a handheld vacuum that won't lose suction, never clogs and has a lithiumion battery. And with its space-age good looks, it's nice enough to leave lying around the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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