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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know all too well. The history of the modern era doesn't lend itself to simplification, argues Judt, 57, an Englishman who began his career examining the French left. As he surveys the entire Continent, he is careful to claim that he has "no one overarching theme to expound; no single, all-embracing story to tell." Instead, he draws new insights from the familiar narrative of Europe's destruction and division - the West's rapid revival and the East's long stultification - and the still unfinished reunification of the Continent since 1989. Judt makes deft use of evidence from film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Continental Shifts | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

...unlikable; they’re just annoyingly one-dimensional and, perhaps worse, there is so little differentiation between them that all seem to be minor versions of Woody Allen. The actors pick up on this, and the result is a cast of profoundly self-absorbed Woody reincarnations who expound on the themes of marital infidelity and ennui from within the safe confines of mouth-watering Manhattan apartments...

Author: By Emer C. M. vaughn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Melinda and Melinda | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

...that most people who live with me, eat with me or ride the shuttle with me know that I’m the first, last and only person on her speed dial. To fully understand the nature of the special relationship my mom and I share, allow me to expound on a day in the life of our Verizon plan...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fielding Calls | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...continued to expound upon my I-Decide-as-fascism theory when we convened the next afternoon before walking (“marching”) down to the footbridge...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: It's in the Photograph | 10/13/2004 | See Source »

...more qualified than Verona Johnston to expound on the secrets behind a long, healthy life? The retired Latin teacher, mother of four, grandmother of 13 and great-grandmother of 23 turned 114 on Aug. 6, which makes her the oldest documented person in the U.S. And there's plenty of life in her yet. "I can remember names pretty well," says Johnston, who lived on her own in an apartment until age 98 but now shares a house in Worthington, Ohio, with her daughter Julie Johnson, 81, and Julie's husband Bruce, 83. In fact, Johnston's mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Longevity: Meet the Oldest American | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

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