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...mega-stadiums aren't your thing, nab seats for more intimate settings using Brownpapertickets.com which specializes in small and midsize venues. The good news: its fees are just a fraction of what Ticketmaster charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sweet Sounds of Summer | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

...forces. But U.S. commanders weren't rushing to confirm those reports, and it's unlikely that even if Zarqawi dies as a result of those reported wounds, the insurgency's trend lines will be reversed. The reason: foreign jihadists are believed to constitute a small, if particularly deadly, fraction of the overall insurgency, which draws most of its support from disaffected Sunni Arabs in Iraq and its leadership from the ranks of the old military and intelligence apparatus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Early Return from Iraq for U.S. Troops | 5/25/2005 | See Source »

Give Demon Days a casual listen, and it sounds like a concept album about environmental collapse. There's a children's choir and an appearance by Dennis Hopper in full freak mode-all of which is to say, Yuck. But give the album a fraction of the attention that went into making it, and it reveals itself as close to great. The lyrics remain a bafflement-although it's clear from titles like Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head and Every Planet We Reach Is Dead that in the future, according to Gorillaz, we'll need more sunscreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Rodent In the Gorilla House | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

Likewise, many of Boston’s most exclusive restaurants can be experienced for a fraction of the hassle—and the bill...

Author: By Mollie H. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Almost Famous | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

World population is now 6.4 billion and is projected to rise to close to nine billion over the next 40 years. The good news is that an increasing fraction of the world population is enjoying a measure of significant economic progress. People are living longer. Rates of infant mortality are on the decline. More people have access to adequate facilities for health care and education. And, perhaps most important, women are assuming their rightful roles as coequal partners in society...

Author: By Michael B. Mcelroy, | Title: FOCUS: The State of the Earth | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

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