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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Our eyes are surrounded by a tough, protective layer called the sclera. Only at the front of the eyeball does the sclera give way to the cornea, which is transparent. Light passes through the cornea to the pupil, the hole in the middle of the iris, or colored part of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: R U Ready To Dump Your Glasses? | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

As it happens, the eye's lens provides just a third of the eye's focusing power. The rest comes from the cornea, which acts like a second lens to help focus light onto the retina. If you're nearsighted, or myopic, your eye produces clear images of nearby objects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: R U Ready To Dump Your Glasses? | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

The weird pleasure of watching Barney's art is seeing whatever improbable carnival comes next. If you're willing to spend the time to untie his Gordian knot of symbolic acts and images--and they do indeed unknot--you'll find a maniacal, systematic and deeply imagined vision of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hallucinatory Acts | 8/30/1999 | See Source »

Good thing I did. Dreamcast can be, well, a dream: in graphics, sound and especially speed, it's a quantum leap ahead of the 64-bit consoles. If anything, it may be a little too brisk. Take Sonic Adventure, a revamped version of that Sega classic Sonic the Hedgehog, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Machine | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

So why does The Nudist feel so often like a motivational speech for Amway recruits? Perhaps because of comments like "There is no true failure in Silicon Valley" or "To create and risk failing is the essence of feeling alive." When Bronson isn't exhorting readers to "give salesmen their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: High Times in the Valley | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

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