Lion iCal: event hides behind others when overlap

hey guys,
i just upgraded to lion (perhaps a downgrade actually...), and i'm having some issues with ical already. here's the first:
in previous OS's, if i had overlapping events, i could bring one forward in front of the others by simply clicking on it. in lion, clicking on a background event selects it, but doesn't bring it forward. that makes it really hard to read what it is sometimes, as in the attached examples.
any workaround?
stay tuned for another issue posted about the new "default calendar" option... 
-amina

The answer, for now, is here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1198317
Use Terminal.app to turn on the iCal Debug Menu -
defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu 1
Then in iCal go to the debug menu > Top Sekret (sic) > Uncheck "use iPad style event layout."
It is the default setting for iPad users, turned on for some @#^$& reason for even us MacBook users. And then buried in a menu only reachable by getting your fingers dirty.
Worked for me!

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