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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...juniors out there, think twice before attending the Rhodes scholarship information session. That make-up Science A section just might be a better use of your time. Take it from two veterans, the glitter and prestige of big name scholarships may be less appealing under closer inspection...

Author: By Melissa L. Dell and Swati Mylavarapu | Title: Oxford Blues | 2/25/2007 | See Source »

...million dollars an acre, and where—just a few miles away—public housing recipients fend off efforts by local and state officials to dislodge them from their homes. This is a place where redeveloped casinos—opened only months after Katrina—glitter along the coastline and reap profits off eager gamblers, while rural African American residents still struggle to replace the schools that were destroyed by Katrina...

Author: By Jason P. Mehta | Title: The America I See | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...hour from 7 p.m. on, a countdown to zero second and a feed from whatever region (London, England; Ponta Verde, Brazil) is celebrating its midnight moment. That's when Treb's troops would fling into action, unfurling, say, the Mylar strips that blanketed the sky with what looked like glitter done by ILM. Some freelancers, stationed in the few Times Square high-rises with openable windows, unfurled toilet-paper streamers - two-ply contrails that, caressed by wind currents in the concrete canyon, glided and twirled through the night air for minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Very Confetti New Year's | 1/2/2007 | See Source »

...insisted on giving tickets to Kim Jong Il B) Their eyes are still bleeding from watching Glitter C) Tickets sold poorly and Carey made crazy demands (her rep says promoters didn't pay) D) They're holding out for Ashlee Simpson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 6, 2006 | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...Globe Snow glistening under a Swedish moon inspired Torbjörn Lundell to come up with GloFab, a light-radiating "fabric" made[an error occurred while processing this directive] from slender fiber-optic cables. Here, the material is draped around a transparent acrylic sphere to create a squiggly glitter ball. Other applications include curtains and wall hangings, yet Lundell's ambition is to get the yarn to change color in response to music. That man should run a disco. www.glofab.se...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shining Stars | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

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