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...people scream at each other in the streets more now, but still, something has changed - a new gentility does seem to have taken hold. Conspicuous consumption is so 2000, and not just because the dot-com bust means nobody has the resources to consume conspicuously anymore. Nationwide, as a mini-baby boomlet of children conceived last fall hits full stride, we're reminded that we are still hopeful for the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guarded Nation Celebrates the Fourth | 7/3/2002 | See Source »

...fruits of their labors for pennies on the euro. "What seems to be cheap seems to get cheaper as one waits," he quipped, with his typically dry sense of humor, at the recent shareholder meeting of Liberty Media, the onetime TCI programming arm that Malone has turned into a mini-media conglomerate. "We're trolling. We've got our bait in the water, but so far we haven't landed any big fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cable Guy: John Malone: Wiring Europe | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

German basic-cable subscribers can watch as many as 30 channels that air popular game shows like Wanna Bet? or mini-series like The Count of Monte Cristo for $10 to $20 a month, which is typically included in apartment rents. To complicate matters, German cable providers don't own the "last mile"--the wire into the home. That privilege is reserved for thousands of so-called Level 4 operators, made up of everyone from real estate companies to apartment-house owners. "The oddest part of it all is that the cable operators themselves don't get the lion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cable Guy: John Malone: Wiring Europe | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...moment, Davis is working on a TV mini-series, a sitcom and a feature film. He and two partners are cranking out about five TV movies a year for Germany's two private networks. Davis says, "My shows are almost all for women," who predominate among prime-time viewers and who appreciate "a strong societal component." The movie for RTL introduced the topic of date rape to many German households and, as part of the drama, explained what qualifies as date rape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Chick Flicks | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...ASIMO was designed with that in mind, says Hirose. The robot is light (52 kilos), lest it stumble and pin a user to the floor, triggering a product-liability lawsuit. Yet it's tall enough to reach light switches and doorknobs or to clear the table. Its mini-cam "eyes" are level with those of a sitting adult for easy communication, and its humanlike form is meant to break down our inhibitions toward sharing a home with a talking toaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tin Men | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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