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...movie follows the fortunes of a soldier turned diamond smuggler who works with both warlords and an international diamond corporation. He gets into a scrape and needs to find a huge pink diamond hidden by a fisherman in forced servitude to said warlords. And he meets a gorgeous crusading journalist who knows he can help her blow the story wide open. Along the way, many unromantic acts are perpetrated in the pursuit of the gemstones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Plays Rough With Diamonds | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...asking how dare an Indian look at buying Finland's crown jewels?" But those things don't happen to him anymore, he says. "When we go and talk to these people in Germany or the U.K., it's a given that we're professional managers capable of running a huge business," says Luthra, who last month was juggling the final details of four separate acquisitions. "My biggest problem is finding the bandwidth to look at all the opportunities that come across my desk every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India takes on the World | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...Wall Street Journal article by Daniel Golden—a 2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his series of articles exposing the huge admissions advantages afforded to privileged white students—exposed what might appear to be another disturbing college admissions trend. Some analyses of standardized test scores show that Asian-American applicants, on average, must attain higher scores to snag admission to some of the nation’s most desirable schools. But these statistics, while initially disturbing, are the result of a just and well intentioned system of affirmative action in college admissions. That system should...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: On Asian-American Admissions | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...dropping the KFC logo and going back to the name Kentucky Fried Chicken--with a new, updated picture of the Colonel. The new Colonel will be more realistic looking. This time he's 350 lbs. with huge scars from his triple bypass." JAY LENO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Nov. 27, 2006 | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

After years of being the guy behind the songs, Tomlin is poised to achieve that more Prince-like status as well. He won a bunch of Dove Awards (the Christian Grammys) this year. He's all over Christian radio. And he's a huge draw at the big annual student gatherings known as Passion conferences. But Tomlin doesn't want to be Prince. Music immortality is fine. It's just not the sort he cares about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip Hymns Are Him | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

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