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...unlikely savior in Star Wars. The sci-fi flick and the collectables it spawned rekindled America's appetite for action figures, so Hasbro reintroduced a scaled-down line of G.I. Joes to try and capitalize on the trend. Instead of a single character, there was an entire battalion of G.I. Joes, each given signature weapons, backstories and code names like Scarlett and Snake Eyes. Joe also got a new enemy, Cobra -"a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world," as described in the intro to the 1980s TV cartoon G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. (Cobra operatives got action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: G.I. Joe | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

Read TIME's 2000 article on Booker "The Savior of Newark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Cory Booker Likes Being Mayor of Newark | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...grew. Interestingly, in the same period, its website, with the much touted Business Exchange - a business-news aggregator cum social-networking site - increased its readership, usually drawing a little over 5 million unique visitors a month, according to Compete.com. That's not a bad showing, but it's no savior for a weekly magazine that is losing readers and hemorrhaging money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Journalism: A Vanishing Necessity? | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...look back at his troubled childhood, which included bouts of depression and time spent in group homes after being abandoned by his parents. TIME talked to Rabin about his love of the rap game, how he got started at the A.V. Club and how pop culture emerged as his savior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Onion's Nathan Rabin | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

...China and other parts of Asia in the fall - offering up his international vision, a hodgepodge of classic realpolitik, diplomatic determination, community-organizer idealism and charismatic leadership. He has presented what he hopes will become a new public identity for the U.S., less global leader than global facilitator, less savior than responsible partner. (Read "The Five Faces of Barack Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Five Pillars of Obama's Foreign Policy | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

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