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...suicidally reckless. He rarely keeps to agreed party lines, recently incurring the wrath of Conservative leader David Cameron by going dramatically off-message on the party's European Union policy last month, provoking a Cameron aide to send him a Mafia-style text message: "La vendetta è un piatto che va mangiato freddo," or "Revenge is a dish best eaten cold." Johnson, using the florid turn of phrase that is his hallmark, continues to insist his relationship with Cameron is one of "glutinous harmony." (Read "David Cameron: The U.K.'s Next Leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Mayor Saves Filmmaker from Mugging | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...that most of the people in Cambridge do not know that the city is controlled by an un-elected city manager who has a $4.5 million jury verdict against him?” Glick said...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: City To Vote On New Council | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...audience’s benefit before the film rushes on to the next bloodbath. When Agent Hoffman, Jigsaw’s protege, [SPOILER OR NO?] goes to the audio lab responsible for decrypting a recording which will ultimately incriminate him, the lab technician delivers the following description of un-scrambling audio over a close-up of Hoffman’s face: “We’ll turn his algorithm upside-down and hear what he sounds like...

Author: By Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Saw VI | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

America lacks a language dictator like the Acadmie Franaise, whose 40 members, known as immortels, determined that the commonly used e-mail may not be accepted into the French language while un hamburger may. The closest thing here may be the copydesk of the New York Times, a stickler for protocol; yet it too is uncertain of its semiotic bearings. When the Obamas called on the Bushes after the election, the newspaper reported that "Mrs. Bush" greeted the Obamas and "Ms. Bush wore a brown suit." During the campaign, Hillary Clinton was two women in a single sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mrs., Ms. or Miss: Addressing Modern Women | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...devalues the familiar analogies between kite flying and Afghan politics that became famous in the bestselling novel The Kite Runner. On Kite Hill, as in the book, the kite string is textured in glue and glass, and can slice a sleeve or draw blood from a finger as it un-spools skyward. Once you've got your kite in the air, the aim is to cut down another kite - these battles can draw in dozens of combatants. And usually the kites are so high it is impossible to see whom you are fighting, or who has killed you. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On a Kabul Hill, the Dogs and Kites of War | 10/25/2009 | See Source »

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