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This "property" (one wouldn't want to dignify it with any grander term) comes complete with a gimmick: No man - not even among the extras - is ever seen or heard in it. The playwright's original text can be described as a hard-working woman's revenge on New York's idle rich, wasting their days on manicures, fashion shows and, above all, gossip. In updating the original, English - who was responsible for the estimable TV series Murphy Brown - has been fairly faithful to her source. Once again, the husband of Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) begins an affair with Crystal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Women: Sex Crime | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...think that is evidence that there is some movement in this country toward equality. But you still have the die-hards, who regardless if Obama walked on water probably wouldn't vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Hall: Racism and Obama's Candidacy | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...wouldn't say a lot, but I think it's an unspoken taboo issue that doesn't get addressed [much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ronald Hall: Racism and Obama's Candidacy | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...room, before several semicircled rows of students. "What are the principles we can glean from this case?" he'd often ask as he began each class. Sometimes he'd wait for students to voluntarily make their arguments; other times he'd "cold call" them by name. Obvious answers wouldn't work. Nor would a simple "Yes, I agree." It was like a conversation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Professor Obama's Class | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

Colberg also has a role in the current Troopergate investigation - about whether Palin pressured then-Commissioner of Public Safety Walt Monegan to fire Palin's former brother-in-law Mike Wooten, and then fired Monegan because he wouldn't fire Wooten. Under normal circumstances, Colberg's office would have represented the governor in the inquiry, but Colberg admitted in August that he was among the dozen or so members of Palin's staff and family who contacted Monegan about Wooten. So Colberg had to recuse himself, and the state hired independent counsel to defend the governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Palin Away, Who'll Run Alaska? | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

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