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...Hiroshima officials struck on the idea of reinventing the city. They proposed the construction of a large peace memorial as the city's new anchor. The memorial eventually became the Peace Memorial Park, a graceful 30-acre site not far from ground zero, designed by the late famed Japanese architect Kenzo Tange and completed in 1954. The park's emotional centerpiece became the Peace Museum, dedicated to recalling the horror of nuclear war. Over the next two years, the occupation government gave Hiroshima the extra aid, which helped the city begin to recover--both psychologically and economically. Akiba, the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hiroshima Rose From the Ashes | 7/26/2005 | See Source »

...show. Give us a break. The shop was closed. How many of us have raced to a store just as the closed sign went up? Instead of expecting others to cater to her every whim, Oprah needs to get real and join us mere mortals. Patsy Ann Taylor Winter Park, Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

...Which of the following never hit a home run in a crucial Yankee-Red Sox game? A) Bucky Dent B) Johnny Lindell C) Roy White D) Jim Rice. The last bunt at Fenway Park: A) rolled foul B) was not scored as a sacrifice C) occurred during the father-son game D) was called a ?waste of time? by Don Zimmer. The Fenway ?bleacher bums? are: A) now attending Boston College hockey games B) credited with inventing the ?wine cooler? C) opposed to baseball?s drug rules D) seldom invited to Mark Clear?s house. The American League hitter most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the BLOHARDS | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

From the mound at Fenway Park, Summers chucked a ceremonial first pitch that had absolutely nothing to do with women in science or agitated professors. The toss reached home plate but strayed low and outside: a ball in effect, if not in intent...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers Makes Fenway Debut | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

That is hardly the pace-setting media juggernaut the founders, with their impeccable pedigrees, envisioned. Spielberg is the creative force behind Jaws, Jurassic Park and the new War of the Worlds. Katzenberg was Disney's animation genius. Geffen discovered the Eagles and introduced Guns N' Roses to the world. Together the moguls planned to move beyond movies and music to TV, toys and the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Moguls Aboard | 7/19/2005 | See Source »

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