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...Israelis had already resigned themselves to the loss of their legendary leader. Unsurprisingly, Sharon displayed a stubborn fortitude, hanging on for days after suffering the initial hemorrhage, even showing signs of improvement late last week. But the prognoses from medical experts indicated that he would never return to the tan leather chair at the center of the Cabinet table. And so the country began the wrenching process of moving on. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert inherited Sharon's duties and his suffocating security retinue: a convoy of armored cars reserved for the use of the incapacitated Prime Minister has already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troubled Soil | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

Grayce Liu's cultural renaissance began when she read Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, a novel that parses the complex relationships of Chinese mothers and daughters. Growing up in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Liu dated only white boys. She hated speaking Mandarin, the language her parents used at home. She added a y to her name and changed the pronunciation to Gray-cee to distinguish herself from two other Asians at school named Grace. "I didn't want to be like other Asians," she recalls. But The Joy Luck Club turned her into a "born-again Asian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Between Two Worlds | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...original “Gone in 60 Seconds” is the Holy Grail. Halicki’s fast-and-furious 1974 thriller is chock full of women with skyscraping AquaNet-infused hair and, of course, plenty of cops-and-robbers car-chase sequences. Unfortunately, despite multitudes of overly-tan men with enormous sideburns, the original “Gone in 60 Seconds” can’t hold a candle to director Dominic Sena’s 2000 remake—skipping the “fine wine” stage, aging has just turned the film...

Author: By Erin A. May, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DVD Review: Gone In 60 Seconds (1974) | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...Daily Show correspondent] Steven Colbert once described me in an interview as ‘beige against a tan wall,” Carell says. “I think that’s pretty much...

Author: By Hayes H. Davenport, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Like a ‘Virgin,’ Known for the Very First Time | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...will play their self described “high performance rock and roll.” Paradise Rock Club. 9 p.m. Tickets available through nextticketing.com. $12. (MEE) Certainly, Sir CD Release Party. The show will feature highlights from Certainly, Sir’s latest album “TAN,” which has only been released in Japan. The band will also welcome its new drummer, J. B. Galusha. Openers are Eject at 9:15, followed by Haley Bonar at 10:15 and Chad Van Gaalen at 11:15. T.T. The Bear’s Place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening 12/2 - 12/9 | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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