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This gulf between moralism and militarism narrowed in the 1980s and '90s. Under Ronald Reagan, conservatives grew more optimistic about exporting American values as they saw democracy spread in the Third World. And under Bill Clinton, liberals became more warlike, backing humanitarian interventions in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chainsaw Diplomacy | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...business since 1924, when the British company broke new ground with its use of breathable, waterproof waxed cotton. Steve McQueen wore Belstaff in The Great Escape, Che Guevara wore it on his famous ride through South America, and racing champions like Sammy Miller were staunch supporters. In the '90s, under the threat of financial demise, Belstaff was saved by Italian racer, motorcycle designer and fan of the brand Franco Malenotti. Economic concerns eventually forced the company to relocate to Italy, but loyalist Malenotti, by transplanting the factory boss from Britain and continuing to use English materials, has ensured that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Road Ready | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

Most of the SHoP team, the class of '94 part, started architecture school at a time when the profession was operating in the residue of the recession of the early '90s. With construction in a slump, not many architects were building much in the real world. But even when you can't construct, you can still deconstruct. So some, especially those in school, responded by burrowing deeper into architectural theory?sketching, thinking, devoting themselves to ever more radical, if not plainly buildable, design. It was one of those occasional eras of "paper architecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ShoPping Around | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...middle class, and so on - and, pointedly, contrasted the numbers with those of the current Administration. "He's run a very impressive campaign," he said of Obama. But the Illinois Senator is arguing, Clinton said, that "if you were part of making good things happen in the '90s, and stopping bad things from happening in this decade... then you are part of a culture of conflict, and you are so yesterday. So the only way we can have a good President is to make a completely new beginning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Two Bill Clintons | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...Gone Daddy Gone”). Justin Timberlake shows up as well. “Run” flaunts a retro theme that other bands might handle in tacky or outdated ways. It comes complete with primitive star wipes and considerably good ideas for the upcoming 80s and 90s house dances, and then outdoes itself with the special seizure effects. The only problem is that the effects come too late to save the first half of the video, which drags on slightly longer than necessary. Ultimately, the FX may be worth the retina pain. Although it seems random at first...

Author: By Jenny J. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Gnarls Barkley | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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