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...Another vision of an alternate Japan, based on a manga (by So Kitamura), this movie proposes that the country's rulers averted a multicontinental World War II by forging a truce with the U.S. the day after Pearl Harbor - as we say, it's a fantasy - thus allowing the nobility to stay in power amid widespread poverty. Enter K-20, the Fiend (kaijin) with 20 Faces, who can assume almost any identity, and who steals from the rich but also oppresses the poor. Only one man (pan-Asian star Takeshi Kaneshiro) can stop K-20 - if he can just figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Film Fireworks for the Fourth | 7/4/2009 | See Source »

...Universities struggle with this," Sweet said in the release. "Vanderbilt has cracked the code in this area, which is evidenced by the shared sense of vision and support by faculty, students and staff...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: FAS Finance Dean To Depart After Less Than A Year | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

...family discord has been on the rise since 2005, when Porsche's fiercely independent CEO Wendelin Wiedeking started buying up VW stock in order to safeguard the luxury sports carmaker's future. His vision was to merge the two companies into a single holding that would create substantial economies of scale and enable Porsche to avoid being penalized under new European rules governing auto emissions and fuel consumption standards; by being part of the bigger VW group with its range of low-emission, fuel efficient cars, Porsche's sports cars wouldn't stand out, Wiedeking reasoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why VW and Porsche are On a Collision Course | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

...fashionable face furniture. He launched his business in 2001 after spending three years designing glasses for brands including Tom Ford, Gucci and Puma. "I was frustrated that my mass-produced frames didn't really fit anyone," he says. "I wanted to create the equivalent of a bespoke suit." That vision has earned Davies fans such as Richard Branson and Kevin Spacey. (See the best new travel products, gadgets and trends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Spectacle | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...when the script for Whatever Works first took shape. Today the city is spiffier, and Boris is mired in '70s disgust. But Allen isn't; he's a tour guide to local attractions, from the Statue of Liberty to Madame Tussauds on the Disneyfied 42nd Street. It's a vision of New York City as the welcomer and transformer of all lost souls, possibly including Boris the grouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woody Allen's Latest: Works Like a Charm | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

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