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Singer/songwriter Ryan Adams, 27, is a self-described tortured soul who recounts the minutiae of his romantic failings in harrowing biographical songs. Singer/songwriter Bryan Adams, 43, is a sunny Canadian whose songs are crafted with lapidary precision for Top 40 radio and the playlist of wedding bands. Apparently some of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 28, 2002 | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

One positive sign is that the man hailed by Australian police as the best cop in Indonesia has shown no sign of succumbing to outside pressure. Last week there were fears that hasty arrests would be made to appease Jakarta and an outraged public in Australia, which suffered an estimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rubble Trouble | 10/27/2002 | See Source »

David C. Rennard ’03, whose personal best Tetris score is 570,000, finds the video game so fascinating that he started the Harvard Tetris Society as a way to bring together enthusiasts. To these aficionados, Tetris is not just a game invented in Soviet Russia with catchy...

Author: By Rina Fujii, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Russia with Love: Tetris at Harvard | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

In the Gulf War, notes U.S. Central Command chief Tommy Franks, "we used 10 airframes to a target. Now we assign two targets to an aircraft." The improved efficiency would probably make a new air war in Iraq shorter than the Gulf War's 38 days. Because the JDAM could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Battle Plan: The Tools Of War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

Some war planners are concerned that the JDAM stockpile--about 20,000--would be insufficient for a new Iraq war. Thus the Boeing factory outside St. Louis is producing 2,000 kits monthly, and will soon increase production. McPeak says the biggest problem is that intelligence has not kept pace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Battle Plan: The Tools Of War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

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