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...jalopies and turns them into rap-video dreams, rolling Xanadus with DVD players, video-game machines and the mandatory spinning-wheel rims. The show owes everything to the materialistic side of hip-hop culture, but Xzibit says that Pimp's fantasies are at least more accessible than the million-dollar house tours on MTV's Cribs, and more personal. The makeovers, Xzibit tells me, are "a boost to the kids' confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Wheels, My Self | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...asking "Does Kerry Have A Better Idea?" about what to do in Iraq [March 15], you posed the million-dollar question and brought attention to something that could ultimately be the Senator's downfall. John Kerry offers criticism instead of answers to real problems. That has been his politically successful modus operandi since Vietnam. The battle for the White House will be long and hard fought. Kerry will need to come up with some specific answers, or Americans will soon see he is a political fraud. HAY HASSANI Beaver, Okla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 5, 2004 | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...that familiar formula got complicated last winter. Sigma Chi, another fraternity, announced its million-dollar purchase of 1124 Massachusetts Avenue. The frat has had a long and tumultuous few years. They had a house on Mt. Auburn Street, lost their lease, and vigorously mounted a legal battle. The new home has brought their quest...

Author: By Jennifer A. Woo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Other Male Social Clubs | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

Even with the added cost of replacing the bells with modern instruments, the total price would likely fall below the million-dollar mark, the experts said...

Author: By Joshua D. Gottlieb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Accounting for the Bells’ Toll | 12/5/2003 | See Source »

...point out that Harvard, one of the most prestigious institutions in the world, sees no problem with its corrupt policies. This situation brings with it some amount of irony, since in 1996, Harvard came to the forefront of the pro-democracy boycott of Burmese products, when it cancelled a million-dollar contract with PepsiCo, then operating in Burma. Harvard’s protest led not only to PepsiCo’s withdrawal from Burma, but the precedent it created also encouraged many major U.S.-owned corporations to follow suit. In light of Harvard’s previous support for democracy...

Author: By Mamie M. Thant, | Title: Supporting Burma's Tyranny | 9/30/2003 | See Source »

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