Word: turneritis
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...both share. The very existence of Hogwarts School, the training academy for young wizards, is a testament to the reality that learning still takes time and patience. There's no spell that fills one's head with knowledge; the best Hermione can manage in Book 3 is the Time Turner, to give her more hours to study. The Weasleys, Ron's family, are still poor--and any world in which a family as hardworking, loving and generous as theirs still struggles to put food on the table is, well, a lot like our own. Mrs. Weasley can cast a spell...
...TURNER'S TURN...
Smoky-voiced siren KATHLEEN TURNER is getting radio active: she's the host of a new political radio show called American Dialogue. "We were sitting around, you know, basically bitching about how frustrated we are that the country doesn't seem to be asking questions," Turner explains. "We decided that if we really felt this way, we should do something about it." The show will air mostly on NPR affiliates, and each episode will pair a single guest and a single issue--say, the head of the A.C.L.U. on civil liberties. And if you think that sounds boring...
Lingman and Chu, as they had done the previous season, took the Nos. 1 and 2 spots; Nguyen played at No. 3, while roommates Riddell and Turner played at 4 and 5. Rounding out the lineup was Choo...
...Turner Prize nominations have become the British art scene's annual rite of ridicule. Last week's announcement that the shortlist included ceramist Grayson Perry, whose works depict scenes from the life of his alter ego, a woman named Claire, gave the tabloids more than their usual grist for outrage at the state of contemporary art. pornographic potter gunning for ?20,000, screeched the Daily Mail. But the tabs' time might be better spent exploring the cozy relationship between the Turner Prize judges and the nominees. Andrew Wilson, who short-listed Perry, was paid to pen a catalog essay...