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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...someone has broken into the house in the middle of the night. You know there is a killer waiting in the dark basement. You imagine him mounting the stairs with a knife in his hands. You finger the tiny glass cylinder of nitro as if it were Kryptonite. You rub the middle of your chest and feel the bumpy scars where the bone was wired back together after bypass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons Of A Bad Heart | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...there's any development that will rub Tomb Raider fans the wrong way, it's Croft's newfound pals. In the game, she operates alone. Now, perhaps, Croft has too many sidekicks. The spectral presence of her father (played by Jolie's real-life dad, Jon Voight) is a cute addition, but we could probably do without the cockney comic relief called Bryce (played by Noah Taylor, the teenage David Helfgott in "Shine"). At any rate, Jolie feels right at home in her strange new world. "All the reasons I'm right for this movie are all the reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch Out, Indiana, Here Comes Lara Croft | 3/18/2001 | See Source »

...Evil Electricity Crackles Through The West Bank Town--The Sparks That Arise When Two Peoples Who Hate Each Other Rub Together. Time Sent Comic Journalist Joe Sacco There For Two Weeks. He Captured This Fresh, Provocative View

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hebron: A Look Inside | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...night. Ever after, you know there is a killer walking around in the dark basement. If you hear a noise, you imagine the killer mounting the stairs with a knife in his hands. You finger the tiny glass cylinder of nitro as if it were kryptonite. You rub the middle of your chest, and feel the bumpy scars where the bone was wired back together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Heart-to-Heart About Dick Cheney | 3/8/2001 | See Source »

...trick with fire, Lilley says, is to use a hard piece of wood to rub between the hands, and a softer piece on the ground. "We used to do it in school," he says. "We would take wooden rulers and rub them really hard on the desk. If you did it hard enough, you'd actually burn the desk." Speaking of fire, the bush fire rumored to be heading for "Survivor" territory could be a good thing. "When the grass starts to grow afresh after burning off, all the animals will come to feed on it, whereupon you beat them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: These Survivors Would Be Eaten Alive in the Real Outback | 2/15/2001 | See Source »

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