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...bottles litter the lawns; the canals are dirty; guides offering tours for an inflated price are maddeningly insistent. The colored engravings are chipped and in places have fallen off. In the basement, the graves of the Emperor and his beloved are off limits, the entrance blocked with untidy wire mesh. The inner sanctum smells of bats and pigeon droppings. Enormous beehives hang from the arches; black smoke stains mark where other hives have been burned off. The river behind the tomb is sluggish with sewage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The Taj Mahal, Grime Amid Grandeur | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...world now has to watch our videos, even if they're 30 seconds long and end with blurbs about 2.9% APR financing. Should we care that in the process we lost the sense of unity with our peers that generations before us had, that our niche music happened to mesh perfectly with niche marketing? After all these years, it turns out we are different. We are cooler. We are better. Just ask Mercedes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking About My Generation | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...recover, however, the brilliance fades. Plastic bottles litter the lawns, the canals are dirty, guides offering tours for an inflated price are maddeningly insistent. The colored engravings are chipped and, in places, have fallen off. The graves in the basement are off-limits, the entrance blocked with untidy wire mesh. The inner sanctum smells of bats and pigeon droppings. Enormous beehives hang from the arches; black smoke stains mark where others have been burned off. The river behind the tomb is sluggish from sewage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taj Mahal Struggles to Keep its Luster | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...that is going to involve a new way of doing science and it will require the close collaboration of chemists, physicists, and computer scientists," says Martin. "Harvard ought to be able to carry this forward in the best way possible. These ideas seemed to mesh with [Summers'] thoughts on science...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Summers, Science is Key | 5/11/2001 | See Source »

...used to be," Hart says, "that in the presence of one another, kids formed a critical mass to keep each other safe. Gone are the days when children make any of their own plans." Their fearful, ambitious parents made plans for them, but these plans don't always mesh, unfortunately. A suburban Chicago mom who wishes to remain anonymous called up a school friend of her daughter's to arrange a play date. The kindergartner was booked solid. "It seems like kids today are always on the way to somewhere," complains the disillusioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Ever Happened To Play? | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

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