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...nothing personal, really. The South Park guys are actually sending up situation comedy, Mr. President. So when the George W. Bush character says to a prisoner he's about to execute, "Hey scum, ready to die by lethal injection? Maybe you'd prefer the gas chamber," and then farts in his face, you have to understand that they're actually deconstructing a sitcom trope. If anything, Mr. President, Trey Parker and Matt Stone think this is going to be a big boost to your image. "We wanted to take George Bush, who is somewhat vilified, and make him likeable," explains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Presidential Misconduct | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...want to cut it off at a STOP sign. Last week the U.S. Army unveiled a "James Bond-like concept vehicle," a modified Ford F-350 pickup with cutting-edge gizmos. The SmarTruck is just a prototype, but here's a preview of the tricks this "agile" and "lethal" rig may one day pull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not For A Joyride | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...Victorian mansion decorated with grand staircases, stained-glass windows and prehistoric pottery. In one corner, there's a glass-walled computer room filled with a dozen flat, plasma screens that monitor the solar system. Beside them sits an evil-looking robotic biped that serves alternately as sophisticated jukebox and lethal assassin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch Out, Indiana, Here Comes Lara Croft | 3/18/2001 | See Source »

...stripe suit, and plucks a young woman right out of her bed. She's no Ann, though, and he drops her - literally. Somehow he finds Ann and takes her to the top of the Empire State Building. He puts her down and biplanes attack with lethal machine guns. He falls; Ann and Jack are reunited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey On My Back | 3/9/2001 | See Source »

...Daytona 500 in 1990 and now calls races for the Fox Sports Network: "There is nothing like sitting in a projectile going 190 m.p.h. on the brink of going out of control. It's the sheer rush, touching every emotion you have." And a potentially lethal rush: three other NASCAR drivers died in the year leading up to Dale Earnhardt's crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Lap: What It Feels Like Behind The Wheel | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

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