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Every four years, a new generation of athletes appears from nowhere to grab the headlines and occupy prime time, upstaging aging heroes. Hard-nosed young swimmers from the U.S., Australia and Europe arrived on the world stage last week at Sydney's International Aquatic Centre, bewitching spectators with their triumphs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pool of Talent | 9/26/2000 | See Source »

Finally, there's the press corps: the same hard-nosed wiseacres that always cut up in class, except these days they're a little smellier. And just like in high school I find myself in this clique whether I want to be or not. It's sometimes hard not to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Times — and We Mean Fast — at Sydney High | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

But before you decide to plop your baby next to every runny-nosed kid in sight, there are a few things you should know. Finding an association does not prove a cause-and-effect relationship. Furthermore, some infections can by themselves be quite harmful, even life threatening. The last thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bugging Asthma | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

The foundation, with $22 billion in assets, of which it spends $1 billion each year, is the most richly endowed philanthropic organization on earth, last year surpassing Britain's Wellcome Trust. Or look at it this way: Gates, 44, has given more money away faster than anyone else in history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Billions Isn't Easy: Bill and Melinda Gates | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

About 4,800 miles away on Kwajalein Atoll, perched atop a Pacific coral reef, another rocket sits and waits. Nestled inside its nose cone is a $20 million bullet known as the exoatmospheric kill vehicle. It looks more like a mobile moonshine still than a snub-nosed round, but in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missile Impossible? | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

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