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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Self-Destruction While the island of Selayar is largely unsullied by human development, the same cannot be said of its surrounding coral reefs. It only takes a quick peek below the surface of the island's tranquil waters to see the devastating consequences of unfettered local fishing practices. The sea floor off the coast, once heralded as one of Sulawesi's richest reefs, is now a barren, white wasteland of shattered coral, eerie stillness and craters the size of a child's inflatable wading pool. The effects of dynamite fishing are hard to miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spot | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...with his mature style. It was soon picked up by the classy Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly, and the company has just collected the last four issues into a gorgeous hardcover, "Summer Blonde" (132 pp.; $24.95). The dust jacket, with its cut-out circle that lets a pretty girl peek through, should clue you in on how to read these stories: look underneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adrian Tomine's "Summer Blonde" | 7/2/2002 | See Source »

...brother and sister but are a divorced couple. They're currently telling the press I reported this to be the case because they played a trick on me. In fact it was because I found their divorce records, and still have the photocopies, if anyone wants a peek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Innovation is Retro | 4/12/2002 | See Source »

...horribly cramped seats and tummy-piercing tray table. In her mind’s eye, Avid Book-Reader is in the arms of Fabio or some other bottle blond Adonis. Glamourpuss notes that Avid Book-Reader insists on re-reading pages 307-10. Ineresting. Glamourpuss vows to sneak a peek at said pages if Avid Book-Reader ever dislodges herself from her seat. The possibility seems remote...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: The People in My Neighborhood | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...intuitive. The viewer immediately grasps the shape and form of her figures and the materials are manifest throughout. No attempt is made to disguise any part of the work; all is open for view. In one instance a staircase was even appended to a work so that viewers could peek down into its hollow center...

Author: By Karl A. Hinojosa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sculpting Humanity from Wood | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

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