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...exchange typed-out sexual innuendoes. There is also nothing more offensive than the motivation du jour of partially repressed horrific memories - especially in pictures that glow with glamour-trash aspirations. For that aspect of the story, Rowena gets a job in Hill's agency, which permits her to wear swell clothes, go to fancy parties and engage in flirtatious dialogue about "Hemingway Daiquiris" with Hill, who, his priapic ways aside, seems to be a nice enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imperfect Trio: The Hoax, Fracture and Perfect Stranger | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

...only would it be an act of supreme cynicism for the rebels to swell their ranks with the very men accused by the U.S. of waging genocide against Darfurians, it may also be wishful thinking to imagine a united front of fractious rebel groups and Janjaweed defectors. Still, some rebel commanders believe the situation has changed dramatically as a result of actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Although international pressure on Khartoum has been slow in coming, with U.N. Security Council action stonewalled by China, and Sudan refusing entry to U.N. peacekeeping forces, the ICC has targeted specific leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defections in Darfur? | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

...boys won't recognize me. I am fat as a pig now. In comparison to them, though, I look swell. I am not bald," jokes around 53-year-old toolmaker Oldrich Loukota, whose graying mane falls all the way down his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For a Night, Dissidents Rekindle Their Fire | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...refused, Musharraf declared him "non-functional" and referred the matter to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a five-member body of judges who can probe the conduct of their peers. The government insists that the move is constitutional and justified. But critics of the government - whose ranks seem to swell by the day - say the government wanted to sideline Chaudhry, an abrasive if efficient judge appointed two years ago by Musharraf, because his by-the-book rulings may have proved a threat to Musharraf in an election year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Musharraf vs. the Lawyers | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

Several expenses, including wages, energy costs, transportation costs, and health insurance, will swell at an even higher rate, Fowler-Finn said...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Schools See Small Budget Increase | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

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