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Burns wrote in Scots, a dialect that looks familiar but confusing to modern English speakers (he penned "Auld Lang Syne," which most of us can pronounce but not interpret). In 1786, he published his first book of poems, on everything from religious hypocrisy to a typical Scottish Saturday night. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burns Night | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

In recent decades, Burns Night celebrations have extended into a sort of weeklong series of parties, some only loosely affiliated with the poet. There are restaurant specials, barroom activities - anything that allows for a rowdy party and maybe a bite of haggis. Today's television-and-videogame world rarely has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burns Night | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

They are a uniformly frustrating lot, brightened only by regular quips from Mirren or the always marvelous Jim Broadbent, who plays the fictional Inkheart's author, Fenoglio. He and Mirren mine their parts for any comic angle, wisely staying out of the dramatic fray. Bettany looks as though he's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tall, Unfocused Tales of Inkheart | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

Over what purports to be a typical week in the life of Hong Kong, Struan & Co. is almost ruined, a top police officer is unmasked as a communist spy, the main characters are caught up in a fire on a floating restaurant and in a landslide that brings down a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong, Noble House Style | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

Anne Conneely and Beryl Noble, proctors of a psychology exam held yesterday, said that proctoring allowed them to meet different and interesting people who are not necessarily affiliated with the University. Conneely, calling herself a less-typical proctor, said that she learned about the opportunity through a friend of her...

Author: By Danella H. Debel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Day in the Life of an Exam Proctor | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

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