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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Americans are not used to having the rug of the hopes in their accomplishments pulled out from under them. The national character is built, to a large extent, on the notion that swift and forceful action can solve nearly any problem or reverse the course of any crisis.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy Moves to the Waiting Room | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

Julia is a mess. In her shiny green dress she staggers through a crowded L.A. bar, talking too loud, running her hand inside a man's shirt and saying, when asked by a stranger what she does, "I like to make people's dreams come true." The next morning she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Tilda Swinton is the Queen of the Indies | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

With impeccable timing, Abrams welcomes the rest of the old crew of the Enterprise, young and fresh again, one by one to his dance floor. First up is Spock (Zachary Quinto, a slightly sexier version of Leonard Nimoy), who was bullied on Vulcan for having a human mother (Winona Ryder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Star Trek Movie: It Will Leave Fans Beaming | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

Instead, the Obama Administration jumped with both feet into the 140-character Twitterverse on May 1 with a one-sentence post on how Americans can learn about swine flu directly by joining social networks with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "We wanted to use these tools to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and Twitter: White House Social-Networking | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

Critics of the verdict - dubbed the "Hadschi Halef Omar ban" by the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, in reference to a character invented by the popular adventure-story writer Karl May called Hadschi Halef Omar Ben Hadschi Abul Abbas Ibn Hadschi Dawuhd al Gossarah - say it does not necessarily prevent long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Court Upholds Ban on Extra-Long Names | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

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