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Christoph Waltz spent 30 years acting any which way he could. He acted in movies, he acted on television, he acted on the stage, and after all that time, it was Quentin Tarantino, the master of casting familiar actors in revelatory roles (see John Travolta, Kurt Russell, Robert Forster), who gave Waltz his juiciest piece of work. As Colonel Hans Landa, the "Jew hunter" of last year's World War II spaghetti western Inglourious Basterds, the 53-year-old Austrian delivered a charmingly evil performance. He is the favorite to win this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar. (See TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oscar Week: Best Supporting Actor Nominee Christoph Waltz | 3/5/2010 | See Source »

...strikers argue, however, that their protest is misunderstood. "We are not defending drunk driving," Carlos Casillo, 28, of the 22 de Mayo transport workers union explained to TIME. He and about 30 other drivers were planted on a La Paz street corner under the hot noon soon "enforcing" the strike. When the occasional operating taxi or mini-bus passed by, the group would bang on its hood and try to block its passage. Casillo concedes that harsh penalties are appropriate for drivers who've been drinking. But, he says, the rest isn't fair: "I hire others to drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A 'Drunkards' Strike' Shuts Down Bolivia | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany Convicts Men Who Plotted 'Second 9/11' | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...unpaved one-laner bordered by a 500 foot drop that saw more deaths per traveler per year than any other on the planet. Even Bolivia's "highways" are narrow, hole-ridden and landslide-prone. No wonder some drivers are driven to drink. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A 'Drunkards' Strike' Shuts Down Bolivia | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...TIME's Pictures of the Week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A 'Drunkards' Strike' Shuts Down Bolivia | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

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