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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Silicon Valley garage, a knight smithing his own armor, Tony retreats to his workroom to build himself a new casing. And he won't make Dr. Frankenstein's mistake of using shoddy materials. This will be no stitched-together, run-amok creature. It can't be Tony's ruin; it must literally save his lifesaver. When he's done, out steps Iron Man: a monster with heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Iron Man': A Movie Marvel | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...anti-French protesters are not simply a noisy, hysterical minority; many Chinese are deeply angry about what they see as a global conspiracy to blacken their nation's good name and ruin the Olympics. That makes for a perilous moment for a country that hoped to display its best side to the world this summer, and is now displaying something uglier. Chinese are immensely proud of what their country has achieved in the past two or three decades and of the prestige conferred by the Olympics. But many are still insecure about the permanence of China's new position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why China's Burning Mad | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...makes people feel more comfortable, and I think that’s one of the most important things you can have in an internship—just that perspective that you’re there to learn, and whatever you do it’s not going to ruin your career.” Schoenberger, who is a former Crimson Magazine writer, works as editor-in-chief of www.gradspot.com, a Web site for students transitioning out of college...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Get The Memo | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...your article by the time you produce it, and on the way to a fancy expense-account lunch, he will pass it along unmolested to the copy editors (apprentice fiends, with intense views about semicolons). If you are not lucky, your editor will take a few minutes to ruin the piece with moronic changes and cloddish cuts before disappearing out the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Writers Vs. Editors: A Battle for the Ages | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...said. “I don’t see the need for Facebook chat. It’s an unnecessary mode of communication.” The prospect of another reason to stay logged on to Facebook disturbed one student user. “Facebook is going to ruin my life,” Brandon T. Perkovich ’11 said...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Facebook Launches Chat Feature to Mixed Reactions | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

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