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...world's most violent and notorious drug lord was gunned down on a Medellín rooftop. Fearing for their lives, Escobar's wife, son and daughter sought safety in exile, but most nations shut their doors. After stopovers in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique - a whirlwind on par with the deposed Shah of Iran's desperate 1979 world tour - the widow and her children finally entered Argentina as tourists on Christmas Eve 1994. They've lived relatively quiet lives in Buenos Aires ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Father, the Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar's Son | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...this whirlwind that True Love Revolution connects the fragments of our culture. The nature of the 21st-century academic relegates us to later marriages. We are destined to fall in and out of love—or something—again and again before we seal the deal. This open time window encourages sexual activity—with or without commitment. “Gossip Girl” features high-school students losing both their virginity and dignity, Cosmopolitan flouts sex tips, movies mock men who wait for marriage, and intellectuals call casual sex empowering. It’s difficult...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: Something More | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

Wolfmother’s unexpected increase in energy is best evidenced on “New Moon Rising,” the album’s first single and standout track. A whirlwind of catchy guitar solos and pounding drums, it’s as fun to listen to as “Joker and the Thief” from their debut. Nearly 64th note bass drum and cymbal beats driving the entire track, it’s hard to keep up. Arpeggios of electric guitar fill a chorus of forceful, ominous lyrics: “She don?...

Author: By Alex C. Nunnelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wolfmother | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...summit ended a whirlwind week for climate news that began on Sept. 22 with a high-level U.N. summit on warming. Before "Climate Week" began, the U.S. Senate made intimations that it would not likely vote on a carbon cap-and-trade bill before the year was up, dimming the chances for a global deal at Copenhagen. But, then, China pledged to improve energy efficiency, while progress was made toward crafting a way to use global carbon markets to slow tropical deforestation. That gave environmentalists some hope. "Overall, I still feel better than I did a week ago," said Carstensen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: G20 Leaders Agree, Broadly, on Climate Change | 9/26/2009 | See Source »

...spins a steady stream of feel-good tunes, the sounds of “Summer Nights” reverberating off the walls.It’s a far cry from the frenzied, bustling chaos of early autumn in New York City, whose Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, an eight-day whirlwind of runway shows and presentations, came screeching to a halt yesterday. Editors, buyers, socialites, starlets, and It girls converge upon the city biannually to kick off the sartorial festivities along with a sprawling flock of photographers, journalists, and hangers-on, only to later resume the party across the pond...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wicked Haute | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

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