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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...specialized boats with more legroom, have helped boost sales. And Wenonah's Current Designs line features smaller vessels that are easier for shorter adults to control. Most kayaks are still made of plastic, but some newer ones, like the $3,350 Suka, come in stronger, lightweight Kevlar, which can shave up to 20% off the total weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Floating Your Own Boat | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...think of this as a supremely intellectual decision on her part, though no one seems to agree with me. To them, I pose these questions: Who else but Britney would think to pair Ugg boots with a bed sheet that doubles as a dress? Who else but Britney would shave her head, beat a waiting photographer’s car with an umbrella, and then two weeks later claim that this was because she was researching a role for a movie? Even her new video, the concept of which is that a blonde Britney watches a brunette Britney strip...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Iconoclastic! | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...getting a second chance. After a three-year, $1.6 billion renovation, St. Pancras will reopen on Nov. 14 as London's new gateway to the Continent, replacing Waterloo Station as the Eurostar terminal. The new location will shave 20 minutes off the travel time to central Paris and better integrate Europe's high-speed rail network with Britain's train system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey's End: St. Pancras Station | 10/9/2007 | See Source »

...Already, its leaders have given signs that their patience may be wearing. On Monday evening, the nation's Religious Affairs Minister was quoted on state television ordering the monks to cease and desist. Meanwhile, a human rights group in London reported that some soldiers were being ordered to shave their heads, possibly to penetrate the crowds of marching monks and cause internal strife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Stands Up to the Generals | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...stage. Their t-shirts, emblazoned with military insignia, are stretched tight over muscular frames and their bearing is upright and proud. On stage, though, they speak haltingly. One chokes up: "I was in Anbar, when it was bad. I lost some good friends there," he says, "But I'd shave my head and go back for this guy." Says the other: "I just want to finish it, to get it done." There's cheering and a woman next to me wipes her eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Surrender in New Hampshire | 9/16/2007 | See Source »

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