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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...awkwardly uncertain about just what she is missing. Bates perfectly balances the ruthless selfishness of the mother's ambitions, and her shameless attempt at larceny to fulfill them, against the depth of her yearning to rise from the starving to the self-assured class. --By William A. Henry III...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Is Where the Heart Sinks: CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...There is no attempt at redeeming social importance, and one wonders why Brooks Baekeland and other central characters allowed such an invasion of privacy. Still, the story is evoked with arresting detail. The structural weaknesses of Savage Grace do not lessen the power of horror. --By William A. Henry III...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cesspool | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...latest real-life version of the hit movie WarGames, in which an ingenious teenager penetrates a sensitive military computer system and nearly sets off World War III. Two years ago, for instance, the story was re-enacted by the so-called 414 Gang, a group of Milwaukee-area youths who used their machines to break into dozens of computers across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: The Great Satellite Caper | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...remember when the cicadas invaded Chicago back in June of '73. With great horror I watched the little red-eyed beasties swarm all over everything. I doubt that anyone took a liking to them or thought they were cute. Michael Franks Highland Park, III...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...grosser, E. T. We can sympathize with your nervousness, however. Since receiving your letter, we have looked up many of those old films that have caused you so much anxiety up there on Vega (IV), and you are right. We don't treat aliens very well here on Sol (III), but then, for the most part, aliens don't treat us very well either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Close Encounters, but Unkind | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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