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...Metallica is the first credible heavy-metal band to reach something approaching middle age, and after years of alcoholism, Hetfield, 39, says he's not only sober but also serious about making an album that deals with his new adult identity and responsibilities. St. Anger starts promisingly enough with Frantic, which has Hetfield growling over a classic, violent speed-metal riff, "If I could have my wasted days back/Would I use them to get back on track?" But that's pretty much it for the introspection. The rest of the album has Hetfield wailing like an extremely aggravated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hair-Losing Head Bangers | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...preparing for a siege. Police officers man checkpoints around the city, spraying down buses with disinfectant solution. Elementary and middle schools are closed for two weeks; some universities have refused to allow students to leave campus. The most bustling places in town are the railway stations, where frantic citizens jostle for a ticket out of town. "I'm very worried about getting on a train with so many people," says a university student, waiting for a train back to his hometown of Changzhou. "But I'll do anything to get out of Beijing. It's simply become too dangerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale Of Two Countries | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...long-awaited road map to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, his defeat by Arafat would be a disaster for U.S. and British plans to address the conflict with renewed energy. That's why Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair as well as State Department and European diplomats made frantic calls to Arafat Tuesday warning that endorsing Abu Mazen's cabinet is the only acceptable way forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arafat Puts a Roadblock on the Road Map | 4/22/2003 | See Source »

...once the government buildings had been stripped, the more insatiable looters sought out any target of opportunity. The National Museum was stripped of tens of thousands of artifacts from the cradle of civilization. Hospitals, colleges, markets, deserted air-conditioning factories were overrun by frantic thieves who cleaned them bare and then set them on fire. By night, there were more plumes of black smoke rising over Baghdad than at any time during the war. "We asked the Americans to stop this," said Mohammed, a former civil servant, "but they say they have no orders to do so. Saddam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Cheering Stops | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...half ended with Crimson sophomore midfielder Rory Edwards receiving a long pass from the defense. All alone in front of the Quaker net, she stood poised to take her shot when the buzzer blared. Other than some frantic attempts in the final few meaningless minutes of the game, it would be the Crimson’s last serious scoring threat...

Author: By James Sigel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Penn Rallies to Down W. Lacrosse | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

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