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...Essentially the film, which is set in the 1980s, is a triangle. At its apex is a sweet-soul named Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin). Out hunting one day he come upon a whole bunch of dead guys, burned out cars and a stash of drugs and a couple million dollars. Obviously, a nefarious deal has gone very wrong and the young man sees no reason not to avail himself of its residue. He's madly in love with his wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald) and would like to buy her some nice things. He, however, reckons without Anton Chigurh (Javier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hypnotized by No Country for Old Men | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...Macleay and his fellow naturalists were just as excited when Australia's bizarre flora and fauna began arriving in London in the 1780s. The stunning variety, wrote a contemporary, "bursts upon our view at the first glance like a new creation." When Macleay agreed to go out to New South Wales as colonial secretary in 1826, his sole consolation for being sent to that era's equivalent of the moon was that he'd find it easier there to feed the addiction that threatened to ruin him: collecting insects from the antipodes. In an exquisite introductory essay, Ashley Hay tells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great and Small | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...angels exist, but far more devils can be found. In the midst of the total quiet, tension swells, revelations spread, and the great, monolithic equilibrium of chance reigns free. Set in 1980, the plot centers around Josh Brolin’s character, a hunter and Vietnam veteran who stumbles upon a suitcase containing several million dollars, left in the desert unclaimed when a drug deal goes bad. Brolin quickly finds himself in the crosshairs of unsavory bounty hunters, as the movers of the product look to reclaim their investment. The homicidal Anton Chigurh, played flawlessly by Javier Bardem...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Country For Old Men | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...house of representatives had a resolution on the table detailing the genocide inflicted upon the indigenous population by their forefathers, then perhaps the rest of the world might begin to take these pompous asses seriously. Why can't Americans look in the mirror and see what hypocrites they are? Graham Turner, Newton On Rawcliffe, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...teach our readers to understand our ideas,” said Marlon D. Kuzmick, the editor of this year’s “Exposé.” In order to make writing more accessible, Pinker suggested using concrete, plodding diction. “Something to improve upon in my own writing is definitely the clarity— don’t assume that the reader is on the same terms,” said Joshua E. Martin ’11, who attended the talk. Pinker was introduced by Interim Director of Expository Writing Thomas R. Jehn...

Author: By Benjamin M. Jaffe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pinker Explains the Psychology of Writing | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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