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Perhaps an awareness of how much remains to be done is responsible for Labour's surprisingly joyless campaign. The American-style machine that seemed so fearsome in 1997 is now trying too hard--even naming the three buses traveling with Blair "Strong Economy," "Strong Leadership" and "Strong Britain." Labour is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blair's Next Move | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

In China, practically every step in life requires documentation, preferably in triplicate, which is unsurprising in the land that invented both paper and the world's first bureaucracy. Now that obsession has become a market: ingenious entrepreneurs are turning China's reverence for official scraps of paper into a bustling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Phony Papers | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

If there is one obstacle to total happiness for Ichiro in the big leagues, it's the Japanese media's obsession with him. The Mariners have issued season-long press credentials to 23 Japanese writers, 11 Japanese photographers and one Japanese television crew. No matter what happens?a 10-1...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ichiro the Hero | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

Climbing Everest obviously involves a lot of preparation, good physical conditioning, and incredible mental toughness. But it also eats up a lot of time. Sherman was over there for about 75 days. If you?re a successful physician with a second family, that?s quite a sacrifice. Multiply it by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Guy on Top of the World | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

But for the true scent of romantic obsession, one would have to go east: to the Chinese Peony Pavilion, Hong Kong director Yonfan's love story of two women (played by Japan's Rie Miyazawa and Taiwan's Joey Wong) in a Suzhou noble house. The film is so saturated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canned Heat | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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