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...crime to use God as an excuse for our ignorance. If we don't understand how something came about in nature, then we ought to use the brains that God gave us to think about and work on the problem. Otherwise we turn God into a magic word to use whenever we can't figure things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 5, 2005 | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

...insight into a true legend of literature [July 25]. It was good to learn about her struggles as well as her triumphs as a writer. I had thought the Harry Potter books just flowed easily from Rowling's imagination. Now I understand that for Rowling, writing isn't magic, and that makes her books even more compelling. Matthew Liptak Boardman, Ohio, U.S. A friend asked me why I would stand in line and wait for the new Harry Potter book to be released at midnight. Couldn't my children wait until Saturday morning to get their copy? The answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rove on the Spot | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

...family members and friends. The basic service is free, or $100 annually for heavy usage. Short Takes Cheap And Compact At less than half a kilogram, the JVC GR-D250 is 30% smaller than previous models. It has a handy digital battery monitor and is just $300 The Magic Button On top of its Super NightShot feature for low light, Sony's DCR-HC32 (about $400) has an "easy" button that switches the cam into automatic mode Looking Sharp For about $300, Canon's ZR100 includes a wide-screen recording mode and an advanced optical zoom for effective close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies Made Easy | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

...went out with white music like a girl my parents didn't want me to date. I kept the volume low. I hid my new CDs. A new magic poured into me, mostly from Bjork and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Unlike hip-hop, here was a music that I did not have to reconcile with the fact of being a father, music that had lyrics so surreal that they bent my head into knots. And although my greatest fear still was that a visiting friend would find my copy of Radiohead's The Bends, I was in love again and shocked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Guy, White Music | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

...looking for in a summer job. Camp seemed like the perfect outlet for my childlike enthusiasm and “Multimedia Madness Specialist” had a nice ring to it—perfect for that résumé next to my transcript declaring “Magic of Numbers.” It was also a fitting title for an English concentrator who spends much of her free time writing. In all my excitement, though, I somehow forgot one simple equation: Reading/Writing + Children + Summer = ERROR...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, | Title: In the Midst of Madness | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

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