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...French men in their mid-20s share a laugh on a central Paris cafe terrace, where an early evening crowd has spilled out onto the sidewalk to sip drinks and puff cigarettes. But as the less wary of the chatting men notes, the tart fumes coming from smokes like his own signal that tobacco isn't the only substance being inhaled here. "This," he says, gesturing with a hashish-stuffed joint, "is becoming almost as common as this," raising a glass of red wine. "It's so banal anymore that even cops scarcely notice so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France on Two Joints a Day | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

...that such a personable sort would have a circle of women friends - what Apatow would call her pussy posse - but not Alison. All right, no girlfriends. But she's got an infotainment job in L.A.; the place must be swarming with gay men, ready to offer their sympathy or tart wisdom. In show business, isn't there a Will for every Grace? No again; Alison is effectively friendless. In the old movies, the heroine was often isolated by convention or prejudice. Here, Apatow strands Alison is in order to make the unthinkable Ben an attractive, indeed the only, choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Knocked Out by 'Knocked Up' | 6/7/2007 | See Source »

...umbrella" to avoid contact with their electorates, says Ahern. "I'd go bonkers if I was stuck inside." Burnishing his everyman appeal is a gift for mangling sentences as thoroughly as President Bush: he famously warned against "throwing white elephants and red herrings" and "upsetting the apple tart." Ahern dresses like a man of the people, too. U2 frontman Bono has lobbied him on Africa and professes "enormous respect" for his countryman, who has committed to reaching the U.N.'s aid target ahead of schedule. But that respect isn't immediately reflected in Bono's nickname for Ahern: "the anoraked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Popularity | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...from local farms are organically or conventionally grown; the produce is freshly picked, bursting with flavor and low in cost. As for my search for the perfect apple, I need not look farther than five miles from my home to find a farmer who grows and sells crisp, tart Winesaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Mar. 26, 2007 | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...store. Latham’s personal notes on the wines ranged from “funky” to “great burgundy nose, what a pleasure to flood the senses with this nose.” The best were deep and richly fruity, even slightly tart, with an intoxicating smell...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Vino Veritas | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

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