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...course. There's no point in denying that the regressive response is always an option when we're under pressure. It has been the basis of a lot of great comedy over the centuries. But, at least potentially, Adam Sandler is capable of better variations on that theme than he allows himself here. In the past, he's shown himself to be at least intermittently capable of a sort of addled sweetness as well those little flashes of meanness that make him recognizably human. He does a bit of innocence here and his nasty side comes out appealingly when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicking Off Adam Sandler | 6/23/2006 | See Source »

...another possibility is that both sides reflexively clenched their fists for a brawl, even when there wasn't much of a fundamental disagreement. Sprigg contends that there's "a theme running through liberal criticism of the Bush Administration and conservatives in general that they are anti-science. This a theme they'll point to on things as disparate as global warming, intelligent design, RU-486. I think people with that mindset just latched onto this, thinking it looked like a good example of that theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defusing the War Over the "Promiscuity" Vaccine | 6/21/2006 | See Source »

SOUNDS LIKE CUP SPIRIT No World Cup is complete without a cheesy theme tune to bring the crowd together. For Germany '06, it's R&B diva Toni Braxton and quartet Il Divo's sticky-sweet Time of Our Lives. Get out your lighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's a Kick! | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...soccer fans as the World Cup rolls on in Germany. The action isn't just on the field. The world's biggest sporting event boasts plenty of spectacle off the field too--and much of it fits right in with this year's warm, fuzzy and oh-so-sporting theme: "A Time to Make Friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's a Kick! | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...puzzle to which Okrent refers is one Reagle constructed for the film. The theme is Word Play, and it uses the key words hidden in new configurations: word in "neW ORDers" and "cross sWORDs," play in "PLAYa Del Mar" and "toP LAYers." We see Reagle creating the puzzle, then Shortz accepting it and finally Clinton, Stewart, Burns, Okrent and Indigo Girls solving it. The first clue is "Warhead weapon," four letters. Stewart and Burns jump on ICBM, while Clinton, who's been in charge of these things, says, "it's gotta be an ICBM or a MIRV." As the theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs Sudoku? | 6/17/2006 | See Source »

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