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Next I psyched myself up to charm a group of five bigger kids, ages 8 to 13, including one boy who could barely look at me. Uh-oh. What's more, the badly illuminated room we were sitting in underscored Advance's biggest flaw: the screen is not lighted. Sure, you can buy an external light (Nyko's Worm Light is $10), but you shouldn't have to. Once we turned up the lights, Jokim volunteered that with Advance, "you move quicker and you can jump higher. It looks like a TV." Rea fell for Ubi Soft's Rayman, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kids Want | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...Metaphysical Club is technically a history book, but it is intellectual and cultural history at its finest. Its direct and immediate relevance to questions of how ideas are used make it so much more than a mere history book. If the book has a flaw, it is that Menand is not willing to argue the seemingly obvious larger significance of his work very forcefully. Each chapter stands on its own as a coherent and fascinating read, but Menand isn’t heavy-handed about making sure we understand all of the connections between his intricate arguments perfectly. The reader...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reading. Period. | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...Flaw in the Theory...

Author: By Eliott W. Balch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Faculty Shortages Trouble Government Department | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...question of how Palestinian attacks will be ended is only one flaw in the proposal. Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has instructed Peres to make clear Israel has problems with a blanket freeze on settlement activity. He's also questioning the four-week timetable, proposing a three-month cooling off period before talks. But most important, Sharon has made abundantly clear that he has no intention of negotiating on the basis of offers made by Ehud Barak. Sharon considers the Oslo peace process over, and wants to negotiate a series of long-term interim non-belligerency agreements with the Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Latest Mideast Peace Proposal Probably Won't Fly | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...Pussycats was seen, based on the film’s box office, by somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 people. And the press release for “Undergrads,” MTV’s most recent cartoon program, highlights the show’s major flaw. It’s not funny...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Can I Graduate? MTV Unleashes Its New Animated Series | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

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