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A society of futuristic ape-like creatures sit brooding in a dark, rusty tower circled by helicopters and visited by a floating island powered by a Dutch windmill. Sound familiar? God, I hope not. This is the basic plot of “Feel Good Inc.,” the...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PopScreen: Feel Good Inc. | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

From the first act the histrionics of the protagonists seemed at least as tailored for the theatrical boards as for the chessboard: the cool and politically well-connected Karpov, 34, defending his crown in his hometown, vs. the crowd-pleasing, passionate young provincial up for a title shot. Intensifying the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bitterness and Brilliance in Moscow | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Wednesday, April 13, 11 pm, Vatican City For the past three years, Milan's Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi has been the frontrunner to bring the papacy back to Italy after its 455-year grip on the job was broken by Karol Wojtyla. But another Italian has emerged on most papabili lists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vatican Diary: A New Papacy Begins | 4/16/2005 | See Source »

With passion, he sets forth instructions for an executive or employee trying to get ahead or even just survive. He didn't invent these precepts; Dale Carnegie, the granddaddy of self-improvement, sold more than 30 million copies of his 1936 classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People, by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Animals, Behave | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

But Weise also lived in other worlds and, in postings made available by a number of websites after the shootings, had a disturbingly energetic online existence. In January 2004, he purportedly posted this message on a website: "I've been feeling a strong connection towards Nazi Germany, and it's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil in Red Lake | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

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