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...With themes like this, the movie could have gotten bogged down in a desire to convey profundities. But Pippa is too good-humored and lovingly wise to be pretentious. Suky is a tragic figure, but Bello is very funny. Arkin looks silly in his flashback hairpiece, but he gives Herb the nuance he needs, irascible charm all bound up in entitlement. Keanu Reeves plays Chris, the "half-baked" son of Pippa's neighbor Dot (Shirley Knight), whose lack of guile makes him unexpectedly good company for Pippa as she loses her own social graces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pippa Lee: Robin Wright Penn's Moment | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...really like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Prime Minister is a wise leader." - George W. Bush, former U.S. President, complimenting Singh the day after he called Bush a "great friend of India" (Press Trust of India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manmohan Singh, India's Prime Minister | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...Eric Wise, VENICE, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Tony Hawk | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...been better executed, but the effort counted for a lot. Rather than deriding shows of respect to foreign representatives and attempting to extract unsupported conclusions, one should view the president’s choice as one that is an exercise in building goodwill. His decision to bow was a wise choice, not a weak...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: America the Genteel | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...fairest way to rectify this situation. (Was he being genuine? Who cares?) It also goes for you, Irish soccer association, and all you heartbroken, angry Irish folk from County Mayo to Connaughton's Steakhouse in the Bronx. And it definitely goes for you, knee-jerk anti-French wise guys who still think it's hip to rip the French six years after Freedom Fries were neither hip nor funny. Do-overs belong in the fifth-grade schoolyard. A rematch for a global event like the World Cup could set a disastrous precedent for sports in general. (See the worst sporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey Ireland, Please Drop the World Cup Do-Over | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

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