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Telenovelas are TV's fast food--inexpensive and filling--but networks will have to find a way to raise the production values to the gourmet standards American viewers take for granted. An ordinary family drama like 7th Heaven costs $2 million an episode, while a show like 24, with location...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Telenovela Revolution | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

In my old age, as my appetites lessen, I guess I'm more and more easily disgusted by the fact that we're living in this society committed to making us spend more than we have, or more than we should, for stuff we don't really need or want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Master in a Brave New World | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

"The only reason the sport is not more widespread now is the lack of equipment," Campbell says. No dragon boats are currently manufactured in the U.S., so most teams have to import them from Germany, although more affordable models from other European and Asian manufacturers are catching up in quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racing the Dragon | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

Gentlemen: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy—or even the integrity—of the “classic” exam period editorial, “Beating the System,” you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called “Donald...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 5/17/2006 | See Source »

Teeming with bird and marine life, giant ferns and towering mangrove plants whose roots straddle land and water like the legs of lumbering animals, the creeks and swamps of the Niger Delta lie over one of the biggest reserves of oil on the planet: 34 billion bbl. of black gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria's Deadly Days | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

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