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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...woman like mother Eliza Welsh, the character played by Uma Thurman in Motherhood, would be at all surprised to find herself dissatisfied with frazzled days spent tethered to a stroller. But she genuinely seems to consider herself a pioneer, a truth teller of the not-entirely-pleased stay-at-home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uma and Motherhood: A Parody Waiting to Happen | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...Eliza, are you nuts? They do. Ad nauseam. And they write about it too. You should know that - you're a stay-at-home mom and self-described feminist who writes about small triumphs and big miseries on an oft-neglected blog called the Bjorn Identity. Do you never look at any other parenting websites written from a female perspective? You're also a loyal New Yorker, who guards your West Village neighborhood against tourists who have the temerity to stop to admire it ("It's a neighborhood, people, not a theme park," you snap), so surely you've seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uma and Motherhood: A Parody Waiting to Happen | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...pages of international politics from English-language papers like the New York Times and Komsomolskaya Pravda from Russia. If the stories seem repetitive after a few days, the customer can go back online and change their paper design, and a new edition will be delivered to their home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Customized Paper Survive the Demise of Print? | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...newspaper in Europe. "Many people prefer to read a newspaper; they like the feel of paper," Oberhof tells TIME. "Print is the most comfortable medium, as you can read a newspaper wherever you are, whether you're traveling on a train or you're putting your feet up at home." The two are initially targeting younger people, primarily students, but they're hoping to reach out to a wider readership in the future. (Read "How to Save Your Newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Customized Paper Survive the Demise of Print? | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...more difficult to sort out. Whereas the traditional pharmaceutical industry is concentrated in just a couple of states, biotech firms have sprung up just about anywhere you find a university with a research hospital, which gives them a broad political base. "I know that vote hurt me at home," says Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, who led the unsuccessful fight against the 12-year exclusivity in the Senate HELP Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Won on Health-Care | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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