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Just in case the efforts by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against homosexuals, Jews, Kurds, Baha’i, Israelis, academics, Americans, and weapons inspectors have not been adequately appalling, his regime’s latest public enemy number one—women—should shake us to the core...

Author: By Dana A. Stern | Title: From Veiled to Jailed | 10/5/2008 | See Source »

I hate Hemingway. He is both a virulent misogynist and an anti-Semite. His lauded Spartan prose style is choppy and arid. His books are a strain of simple verbal diarrhea. There is nothing to like about him. At least that’s what I said whenever Hemingwayâ?...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summer Reading: The Sun Also Rises | 9/19/2008 | See Source »

In this big, wide-ranging movie, scope is stressed at the expense of depth, and there is no time to develop any very complex characters. The most interesting of the lot is the fanatic British colonel, all of whose actions stem from one trait: conscientiousness carried to the point of...

Author: By Julius Novick | Title: At the Gary: The Bridge on the River Kwai | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

Milton makes even smart people feel stupid. Not by accident, either. He is probably the most unrelentingly aggressive poet in English. When Samson says, "My heels are fettered, but my fist is free," he displays the best and worst of Milton. The best is Milton's unsurpassed technical command of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milton and Shakespeare: Battle of the Bards | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

While women have always been his predominant inspiration, Louboutin, a landscape and garden fanatic, often looks to nature for ideas. Starting out, he tried covering his shoes in fish scales. Another, more successful idea was embedding hydrangea petals in a clear silicone heel. He even tapped into the recycling trend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoe Designer Christian Louboutin: Sole Man | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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