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...makes this Spider-Man a nest of conflicting ambitions. Every Hollywood marketing impulse screams for the movie to be zippily cartoonish. Yet the story is also Rebel Without a Cause: an agitated boy, the girl he loves, his best friend (James Franco as the Goblin's son) and some adults who never quite get it. Will Spider-Man be Ghostbusters or Ghost World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Spidey Swings | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...Working out in the hot sun isn’t that much fun,” said Ariana Barr, a junior at Boston Latin. Guillery cringed about working high up on the scaffolding, saying he always preferred to be on the ground. Once, he recalled, his crew disturbed a nest of bees in a decaying wall and had to run for cover...

Author: By Lindsey E. Mccormack, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Kids on the Block | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

...round off dinner, we had the Bird’s Nest, a dessert that was as much a feast for the eyes as it was for the mouth. The ring of phyllo pastry was crisp and flaky, filled with a delectable crumble of walnuts. Decorating the pastry was a colorful palate of fruits, laced with pistachios and sugar. We also sampled a couple of Zalaaby Fritters, fried balls soaked in sweet syrup...

Author: By Elaine C. Kwok, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night Out | 4/18/2002 | See Source »

...these costs, many of our young moms believe they did right by themselves and their children. Young parents, they say, have certain intangible advantages money can't buy. They have greater energy to keep up with young kids and can look forward to a longer empty-nest life. In addition to the reduced risk of running into fertility problems, some moms say they're glad they took the physical beating of pregnancy and labor while still in their more resilient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cost of Starting Families First | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...troops, no matter how highly trained, in a field of mortar fire and grenades to face an enemy in fortified caves was unpardonable. The commanders of the U.S. troops don't know their military tactics. A small atom bomb should have been used to clean out the rat's nest of al-Qaeda fighters. I would not be as gracious as some parents who say their son died doing what he wanted to do. In my view, many of these young folks died when they should have lived. GEORGE L. HENSON JR. Plant City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 8, 2002 | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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