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...slow-witted brother (Jiang Wu). The film is almost too ingratiating (How many times will you hear a fat Chinese guy sing O sole mio? One too many), but it has a nice mourning tone for the old days and ways devoured by the new. Take this Shower and feel refreshed; it's a cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shower | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...when someone exposes himself, figuratively or literally, to the viewing public - for money. Maybe Joel, Ramona, B.B. and the rest deserve all the angst they get. Maybe losing, even in so capricious a forum as Reality TV, ought to be about more than getting a hot meal and a shower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Mr. Non-'Survivor' — How Ya Feeling? | 7/6/2000 | See Source »

...symbolizing the regime, saying to recipients, "It is hard, but it will break." Slacker slogans such as "Bite the system!" are everywhere. At a smoke-filled gathering recently, members debated how to sabotage the official opening of an apartment block. "Let's send guys up on the rooftops and shower [people] with leaflets," suggested a member. Not good enough, rejoined a frail girl: Spray the building with graffiti the night before! The mischievous atmosphere evaporated, however, when someone's mother called to say her son had been arrested. "It's the third time this month," said the girl. "We have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gen Y Revolution | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...rules, the surroundings, even the name--everything about Big Brother seems calculated to provoke publicity-generating criticism, viewer guilt and inmate discomfort and rebellion. From the ads (we get a glimpse of a shadowy form behind a shower curtain) to the totalitarian overtones (the producers address houseguests through a p.a. system), it pushes every button about VTV's potential for corruption and abuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: We Like To Watch | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...with the hook-up, so with my semester. I tried hard to fit into this new world of gay upperclass students. Every Monday and Wednesday morning, I agonized about what to wear to my gay and lesbian studies class, waking up early to make sure I could shower, shave and primp. At the first meeting of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) of the year I impetuously ran for vice chair, gave an off-the-cuff speech, and thereafter attended weekly board meetings in Eliot with Andre, the co-chair. I refused to buy a winter jacket...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Navigating the Perils of an Upperclass Romance | 6/23/2000 | See Source »

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