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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...laser-sharp focus directed at the LAPD may be partly due to public perception: These cities have wildly divergent police cultures. Philadelphia police were widely praised for their humane approach to the protests, but they also came onto the scene bearing far less baggage than the LAPD toted into Monday night's confrontation. There is a palpable distrust of police here, stemming back decades, and the ongoing investigation into corruption charges have only served to broaden the chasm between many Angelenos and their ostensible protectors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cops and Protesters: A Tale of Two P.D.'s | 8/15/2000 | See Source »

...G.O.P. Convention will be the Bush team's chance to put the best version of their candidate and his past on display. Count on a film with romantic images of Midland. And count on the rest of the staging to be as laser-focused on making Bush seem noble, sincere and decent. For the convention in Philadelphia, the Bush team has chosen as its theme the careful "Renewing America's Purpose. Together." The real leitmotif--pushed by the campaign for many weeks--is much edgier: "George Bush Is a Different Kind of Republican." Mimicking almost exactly the language Bill Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Selling of George Bush | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...OPTICAL COMPUTER This computer replaces electricity with laser light beams. Unlike wires, light beams can pass through one another, making possible three-dimensional microprocessors. An optical transistor has already been invented; unfortunately, the components are still rather large and clumsy. The optical counterpart of a desktop computer would be the size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Replace Silicon? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...QUANTUM COMPUTER The darkest horse to emerge in this race is the quantum computer, sometimes dubbed the ultimate computer. The idea is to direct a laser or radio beam on a carefully arranged collection of atomic nuclei, each of which is spinning like a top. As the beam bounces off the atoms, it flips the spins of some of them. Complex computations can be performed by analyzing how the spins have been flipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Replace Silicon? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...makes its task that much more challenging. Then again, it has the advantage of speed, attacking its target with a sustained beam that travels at the speed of light rather than trying to hit a bullet with another bullet." Although the U.S. says it has no plan to field laser weapons of its own, if THEL proves successful in testing for attack by multiple rockets, the temptation will certainly grow. While Ronald Reagan's lasers-in-space missile shield may be some way off, yet, what army wouldn't want a death ray if there was one going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Lasers Can Destroy Missiles. But Will They Find Them in Time? | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

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