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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...filled with pesticide to rid the animals of ticks, lice and other external parasites. In 1978 dip-vat designs were very poor. The animals often panicked because they were forced into the vat down a steep, slick decline. They would refuse to jump into the vat and would sometimes flip over backward and drown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Myself | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...today fewer than 30 of the 35,000 movie screens in the U.S.--and 25 of the 75,000 screens abroad--run digital projectors. And so far, all those projectors house TI's DLP chip, which consists of an array of tiny mirrors that flip on and off, refracting light through a prism and onto the screen. Kodak is developing a competing product set to launch next year. Its chip, manufactured by JVC, uses a liquid-crystal display instead of mirrors and, in a recent demonstration, appeared to match DLP's in quality. "The holdup right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Death Of Film | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...Years later, four floors above a decaying side street in Rangoon, the artist sits at a small desk in a video production office. He's wearing jeans and a T shirt, and is barefoot, his flip-flops resting by the door with everyone else's. On his last album, Zaw Win Htut says, "I tried to introduce the blues to my fans." But sales were sluggish, so today he's putting together videos to help sell the album...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Rock | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...last weekend at the Phoenix. While making out, she pulled him into the bathroom and lowered her pants. As he delicately tells it, “I totally thought I’d get all up in that. So I thought I’d ‘flip her the Byrd,’ if you know what I’m saying—show her my nuts. Then, she backs into the toilet stall, sits down and—how should I put this?—drops a huge deuce.” In the week...

Author: By Gossip Guy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gossip Guy! | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

...flip to an extended ad for Almay products that promises to reduce wrinkles that I don’t have and provide mega SPF protection that I don’t need. For those who don’t use make-up regularly, foundation is the base upon which any make-up job rests. It’s supposed to be the color of your skin and when applied evenly, cover up those unsightly blemishes that we all wish we had fewer...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: Beyond Caramel | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

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