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Laird was smoking a cigar, and Henry Kissinger told him to at least put it out before they went inside. "A couple of minutes into the Pope's remarks, Kissinger heard this little patting sound, and he looked over, and there was a wisp of smoke coming out of Laird's pocket. The Secretary of Defense was on fire. The American party heard this slapping and thought they were being cued to applaud. And so they did. And Henry later told us, 'God only knows what His Holiness thought, seeing the American Secretary of Defense immolating himself, and the entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For? | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

...Gaza's blasted urban landscape, you arrive at the hotel like a desert wanderer plunging his head into oasis waters. With its cool shadows and an inner courtyard trapping pools of light, the Al Deira has an Ottoman elegance. You're led to your room along corridors where a wisp of sandalwood incense plays in the light sea breeze. The 22 rooms are a revelation: high, domed ceilings with views of the beach below, where Gazan kids play in the surf. It's worth remembering that the little soaps and shampoos, which we take for granted in most hotel rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...able to relate to other people. The art, in this case, is a beloved collection of Impressionist paintings in the gallery she owns; the significant other is a globetrotting photographer (Jeremy Irons) who comes to work for her. Again, two excellent actors struggle to bring life to an underenergized wisp of a play whose organizing conceit - we see key incidents from their lives in flashbacks, through the images of the famous paintings on the wall - becomes tiresome very quickly and never connects in any emotional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Wrong with This Spring's Broadway Plays? | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...large skillet, heat oil until a wisp of white smoke appears, add garlic, ginger, and shallots and cook until light brown. Add the Spam and cook until slightly crisp, about 1 minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheap Eats: Star Chefs' Spam Recipes | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...going, the Dutch would be worn out sooner or later. I have no idea where our energy came from. We were very good going forward - the attack was supported not by one, but by three or four people." That continued in the overtime, when Russian sub Dmitri Torbinski, a wisp of a man who had tortured the Greeks in the previous game, squeezed Arshavin's cross in at the far post in the 112th minute. Arshavin nailed the Dutch coffin shut with a deflected goal four minutes later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: And Then There Were Four | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

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