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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Life for teenage guys, who, of course, think about sex roughly once a breath. Executive producer Stu Bloomberg describes the show as "life through the prism of hormones." ABC bought the series but out of post-Janet anxiousness changed the title to Life As We Know It--which may deter the decency cops but also sounds like something that would run on Lifetime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: What Do Guys Want? | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...this. But without enough manpower and better logistics and equipment to intimidate the insurgency, the resistance forces have erupted and now will be much harder to put down. Despite the still concealed but ever-growing budget for Iraq, more troops are required to quash current violence and deter further insecurity. To pursue our continuing military obligations on the cheap endangers both our soldiers and the chances for avoiding real civil war in Iraq. But the domestic problems larger troop deployments would precipitate, with the military (regular, reserves and national guard) and their families, even without increased American coffins, are woeful...

Author: By Jonathan Moore, | Title: Bush's Last Chance in Iraq to Avoid Early Withdrawl | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...British troops resorted to the extraordinary practice of strapping rebels to canons and blowing cannonballs through their chests. This was done because Muslim bodies had to be buried intact for their souls to enter into paradise. By blowing them to smithereens, this method of execution aimed to horrify and deter survivors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: The Real Shame of Abu Ghraib | 5/20/2004 | See Source »

...cares? As long as travelers feel confident in their safety—that is, as long as the TSA and the airlines can simulate an environment of airtight security—then it’s business as usual. If the illusion is really good, it might even deter terrorists from trying any new plots. But we shouldn’t be fooled by the false impression of safety: extra X-ray machines don’t by themselves add up to extra security. In the meantime, I suppose we also shouldn’t be lured into a false...

Author: By Christopher W. Snyder, WRIT SMALL | Title: Life, Liberty and Security | 5/7/2004 | See Source »

Nevertheless, Perlman is not letting the widespread apathy towards musicals at Harvard deter him from that path. He plans to graduate in January, 2005 and to write an original play as his thesis. That, in turn, may lead to a future with directing and theater beyond graduation...

Author: By Akash Goel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Sunday' blends Seurat’s colors | 5/7/2004 | See Source »

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