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...next effort is The Autograph Man, a leaner novel about a half-Chinese, half-Jewish autograph hunter that is peopled with porn freaks, movie stars and sexual deviants. She is determined to write a daring book, perhaps more along the lines of American Psycho, which she considers the finest book about the '80s. "I don't want to be on my best behavior anymore," she warns. With this pungent debut, she has certainly earned the right to misbehave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Roots and Family Trees | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...making TV programs that in turn earn some $700 million in export revenues. Says media expert Davis: "In the BBC, Britain probably has one of the most powerful, dynamic and aggressive public-sector businesses anywhere in Europe and maybe in the world." Dyke plans to make the venerable institution leaner, meaner and much more dynamic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking up the Beeb | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...Abuse that on Friday it launched a campaign in gyms, malls, bookstores, clubs and on the Internet to warn teenagers about the dangers. Meanwhile, teenagers in even larger numbers are buying legal but lightly regulated food supplements, some with dangerous side effects, that purport to make you bigger or leaner or stronger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Never Too Buff | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...three times a week, performing one set of eight to 10 different exercises, eight to 15 times each. Sounds like a lot, but each workout can take as little as 10 minutes. You may not end up looking like Jack La Lanne, but you'll have a leaner, healthier machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Pumped Up | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...lungs, shouts something loud and incomprehensible, but I'm sure very manly. I can only understand every fifth word he yells, but the pure volume of his five-minute-long rant pumps me up for his forthcoming match. His opponent is Chris Jericho, a leaner, and certainly less crude wrestler. I know the Dogg will win this one. He does. Not a spectacular fight, but you can't expect too much from the first match. Christina looks bored already...

Author: By Nate P. Gray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is the World Wrestling Federation spectacular theater or total trash? A WWF Die Hard's Account | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

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