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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Frank's photos and short films are often bleak, particularly when portraying the almost autistic loneliness of life in parts of New York. His films are typically unscripted, shot with a camera that weaves about like a drunk. Both stills and movies are frequently autobiographical, the most moving of them of his children, Andrea and Pablo, both of whom died in tragic circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Naked Eye | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...much as long as they blow some of it on the sort of ludicrous, solid-gold-birdbath fantasies that get us through our bitter little lives. (Why else would we put up with Donald Trump?) By this standard, music stars, who spend their fresh-minted cash like a drunk 12-year-old would, are the best rich folk of all, and Cribs (Thursdays, 10 p.m. E.T.), the music network's cult-hit home-tour show, is their perfect tribute. Invading the toy-filled pads of former stars who clearly invested well--like Sebastian Bach of Skid Row--chronicling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Star Chambers | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...Americans almost genially tolerated the idea of a man or woman having five or six drinks, or more, and driving home a little blurry, and maybe - oops! - banging into something along the way. But the issue came to critical mass in the public mind, thanks mainly to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and now you can do time for such behavior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Pollution: The Sky Has Its Limits | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...because pick-up lines used by men in bars rarely work b) to encourage bottle returns c) because Jewel's verse is more tolerable when you're drunk d) to spur interest in poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Apr. 30, 2001 | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...cram a one-room shack. The Cambodian guard may ask for a $5 "gift" to expedite the paperwork: refuse only if you have plenty of time. The Lao post is on the opposite bank. The official there will also ask for a tip and may invite you to get drunk but it's best to beg off, as your next halt, Don Khon, is still a 20-minute boat ride away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A River Lost in Time But Open for Travel | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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