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...have outstayed their welcome. Only the very occasional nut case, like Rat Race, has conviction and divinely orchestrated lunacy. This may (or may not) say something about the pathology of our everyday life. But the faith that is driving the Rat Race characters through their uncharitable activities is pure greed and pure solipsism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Good Old-Fashioned Lunacy | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...easy enough to recognize a classic Riedel wineglass: pure and elegant lines, soap-bubble delicacy, flawless clarity, perfect balance in the hand. What's not so easy, for the uninitiated, is to identify the dozens of shapes and sizes that have made Riedel glasses the uncontested favorite of winemakers and wine lovers around the world. Riedel's Sommelier collection, for instance, includes 33 different lead-crystal glasses, each one designed for a specific type of wine or grape variety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artisans | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...quantum physics, evolution forms the cornerstone of human understanding of nature. Your article, aimed at the lay reader, is one of the best scientific pieces I've read in years. It puts man where he belongs. He is part of the cosmos, driven relentlessly by evolution and emerging by pure chance, not by any divine fiat. VU NGUYEN Chino Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 13, 2001 | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...what happened? People don’t really know. The closest I’ve come to an answer was that the castle on a cloud we lived in wasn’t built on a solid foundation, but rather on unrestrained optimism, mass hysteria and, above all, pure greed. We knew in the back of our minds that this insane growth and prodigal lifestyle couldn’t last forever, yet the belief that the cow could be milked one day longer despite warning signs to the contrary made the fall that much more difficult. Of course, this truth...

Author: By Robin S. Lee, | Title: POSTCARD FROM SAN FRANCISCO: The New New Economy | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

...could have appeared on the runway at anytime in the last 25 years. A collection which opened with an orange blazer worn with a violet blouse tied like a scarf at the neck and a shapeless brown skirt. Particularly effusive were the grandes dames of English-language fashion writing. pure elegance by patron saint of paris fashion read the headline of the piece by the Daily Telegraph's Hilary Alexander. "It proved that he holds all the secrets of couture in his hands," said Suzy Menkes in the International Herald Tribune. Such is the sound of the fashion flock paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle of the Boring | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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