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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...theories of Deng Xiaoping to "give Arkansas a chance to catch up" to the rest of the U.S. Chinese readers may not realize the translation is not exactly faithful. Or they may be buying the phony book for the same reason Americans are snapping up the real one--to skip to the (also enhanced) parts about Monica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing's Bubba Book | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...creepily authoritarian politics, which seemed to implicitly approve of China's string of ruthless central governments, both past and present? Daggers is a determinedly light-on-its-feet martial-arts romance with plenty of pretty costumes and period-specific peony pavilions. Got lost in Hero's narrative morass? Then skip as quickly as possible to the fightin' and the lovin' of Daggers. The new film is all that it was designed to be: superbly crafted eye candy starring Zhang Ziyi and a pair of hot male stars: Hong Kong pop idol Andy Lau and Taiwan-Japanese pinup boy Takeshi Kaneshiro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Heroes | 8/2/2004 | See Source »

...tempted to skip today?s teenagers and go for the toddlers: Generation Z. They?ve been raised on ?Sesame Street? songs - the pre-school equivalent of Broadway melodies, with some of the same wit and lilt. Maybe the very young can be brainwashed, make that enlightened, to appreciate the songs that lifted the world?s spirits for 50, 60 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Reasons to Love New York — Part II | 8/1/2004 | See Source »

...LIKE Very little else you've read. Imagine if Hannibal Lecter starred in CSI: Miami instead of David Caruso, and you're halfway there. With chills like this, you can skip the air conditioning this summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: If You Read Only 10 Trashy Novels This Summer | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

Both men face challenges ahead. If the Pistons want to keep winning, Dumars needs to keep Rasheed, now a free agent. Brown could also face a tough summer--some of America's best ballplayers, like Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, have opted to skip the Olympics. Brown concedes that he's disappointed about such no-shows. "But it's not their fault," he told TIME shortly before marching in Detroit's victory parade. "Some guys have serious concerns about security. Others have family issues. Kobe's in a tragic situation." The Olympic basketball team can improve its chances of grabbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Motown Masterminds | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

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