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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It was not George W. Bush he was describing but Woodrow Wilson. When Wilson set off for the peace conference in Paris at the end of World War I, he was, said John Maynard Keynes (the source of the waspish comments above) endowed with a "prestige and a moral influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Saving the World | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

I do not mind the secularization of Christmas, and I don’t even mind its commercialization. For better or for worse, there is a commercial Christmas, represented by Santa Claus, garish Christmas lights, “A Christmas Carol,” jammed airports and shopping malls and...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Among The Leaves So Green | 12/10/2002 | See Source »

Unfortunately for the Crimson, their seniors have stepped up for the last time. Harvard was not selected for the NCAA tournament yesterday, meaning the uniquely talented Steffa—a hard-nosed defensive midfielder who admirably filled Lobach’s role as a central defender at times this year?...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Odd Couple's Last Episode A Huge Hit | 11/19/2002 | See Source »

Harlow's descent into obscurity had a lot to do with the man himself. He was a hard-nosed experimentalist and a poet, a workaholic and an alcoholic. Despite his extraordinary success, Harlow was constantly plagued with depression and self-doubt. He was appallingly sexist in some ways yet treated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Professor of Love | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

"Subway Series" follows several months in the life of Tina, a New York high school student. She goes to the Met, reads alty comix and feels sentimental about the decaying buildings of her city. She occasionally sees James, a pig-nosed college-age jerk who pressures her for sex. Meanwhile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost in New York | 10/4/2002 | See Source »

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