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...used to in movies of this kind. And as a romance, at times feverish and at other times grim, the film works surprisingly well. There's something gripping about the relationship between this ill-assorted pair, and something touching about the way events beyond their control or understanding reach out to blight their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reader: Love and the Banality of Evil | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...Poisonings:This one has a flicker of hope about it, since poison-control centers around the world field millions of calls per day and resolve most poisonings over the phone. Still, a lot of lives are lost - 45,000 per year, or 123 per day. Medicines both prescription and over-the-counter, household products, pesticides and the paraffin burned in some stoves and lamps are the biggest killers. Not surprisingly, kids under 1 year old - particularly those in low- and middle-income countries - are at the greatest risk. It's no surprise either that the most effective fixes include simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Save 829,000 Kids a Year | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...avoid similar difficulties yesterday, Smith literally took matters into his own hands, reverting to pen and paper to conduct his presentation on University finances. He also had the visual under control...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Smith Struggles With Financial Crisis, Computers | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

Critics say that the government has lost control over the tactical management of the crisis, with radical anarchists burning shops, cars, banks and even government buildings, including the Hellenic Parliament Foundation and the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic academy. Some 320 stores, 50 banks and a number of other civilian buildings have been damaged or destroyed in Athens, with another 100 stores in the northern city of Thessaloníki targeted. There have also been outbreaks of violence in several small cities and on the island of Corfu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greek Riots Show No Signs of Abating | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...said that full justice will be pursued in the death of the teenager, but also emphasized that there will be no leniency for the rioters. Still, the 45,000-strong police seem unable to find a way to quell the unrest. Dokos says the situation has spiraled out of control because "the government made the assumption that police intervention would have inflamed the crisis even further." In a prime-time televised address to the nation, Costas Karamanlis called those who engage in acts of violence and vandalism "enemies of democracy" and asked for unity in order to isolate the radical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greek Riots Show No Signs of Abating | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

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