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...rejects individual liberties as well as the materialism that comes with capitalism. Finally, there is the radical environmentalism of the Green movements, which could start seeming less radical and more urgent if the quest for economic growth that is inherent in capitalism continues to threaten the health of the planet. To counter this, humans will have to become the first species to learn how to control its own population growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Century...And The Next One | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...fighting," he said in 1936, "to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world." F.D.R.'s brilliant (and sometimes not so brilliant) improvisations restored America's faith in democratic institutions. Elsewhere on the planet, democracy was under assault. Hitler was on the march in Europe. Japan had invaded China and dreamed of a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere under Japanese domination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...nevertheless true that the very processes of cognitive reflection, scientific experimentation, psychological examination, biblical exegesis and sundry other academic pursuits, are attempts to discover, if not logic, at least meaning in the world. Nothing in itself needs explanation in order to exist or live: individuals, societies, the planet itself do not require guide plans, and if they are subject to the programs by knowledgeable consultants, they consistently fail to live up to set standards. Columnists, too, are guilty of the sin of coherence--they attempt to make meaning of the world on a daily basis. They tell you why Bill...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Hitting The Bricks | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...coloring of this seabird potently symbolizes the noir struggle between good and evil. However, as interesting a symbolic figure as the penguin is, the Penmaster pushes the idea quite a bit further than a simple intellectual statement. He presents an annotated list of the "most evil penguins" on the planet; a "Penguin Update" for up-to-the- minute information on the penguin revolution; and a link to a "corporation" called "Penco," which offers "the best in penguin care products and penguin accessories." This company even has a very noir vision statement--"A penguin on every desktop, monitoring your every movement...

Author: By Adam W. Preskill, | Title: WHAT IS NOIR? | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...going to sleep before midnight and waking up at six to go to work. After a while, a friend directed me to The Atomic Clock, a cesium-based timekeeper maintained in a laboratory somewhere in France and used by scientists worldwide as the standard-setter for time on our planet...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Learning to Tell Time | 4/7/1998 | See Source »

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