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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What is becoming clear is that the fossil-fuel-fed industrial era is ending and that the leading power of that age, the U.S., might not be able to maintain its economic dominance. New Energy Finance, a provider of information and analysis on low-carbon technologies, estimates that investment in clean energy in Europe last year reached nearly $50 billion. The figure for North America is a much lower $30 billion. (Read more about the green-energy ideas out there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia Challenges the U.S. for Green-Tech Supremacy | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...from true to life. So while Kodak's discontinuation of the iconic color film will affect only the most devoted photo buffs - sales of Kodachrome account for less than 1% of the company's revenue - the June 22 announcement breaks one of the largest remaining ties to the era of pre-digital photography. It also ends a legacy that includes some of the most enduring images of 20th century America. (See photos by Richard Avedon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kodachrome | 6/23/2009 | See Source »

...Animal Kingdom became required reading for the U.S. Army's newly launched unit of camoufleurs. Now that troops had to avoid bombs dropped from the sky, mines underfoot and bullets from pretty much everywhere else, the gloriously regal (not to mention flamboyant) garb worn in an earlier era of warfare began to seem a bit outdated, if not downright dangerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camouflage | 6/22/2009 | See Source »

...sordid" relationship the University has had with the military."I think the University is a step behind most of its students and a large portion of the faculty when it comes to its relationship with the military. Harvard's policies still reflect the anti-military sentiment of the Vietnam era, and most of America, and most of the University, has moved past that," Moulton said.—Staff writer Peter F. Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Schools Vary Widely In Level of Support for Veterans Aid | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

...becoming standard in luxury international hotels but represented heady advances for locally financed properties. Tycoons, heirs, heiresses and film stars flocked to the Yangtze's opening. The hotel's nightclub, the Yangtze Dance Hall, became, with its big bands and song divas, one of the hot spots of the era. (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Langham Yangtze Boutique: Scrubbing Up Nicely | 6/17/2009 | See Source »

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