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...possible to do a true recount with the systems because they produce nothing tangible when a vote is cast; a recount means pressing a button and coming up with the same results. Representative Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat, has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the sleek new systems bought by 15 counties--including those of hanging-chad fame like Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade--are unconstitutional because votes can't truly be retallied there, as they can in the rest of the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: The Vexations Of Voting Machines | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

There is, however, a car-country answer to Queer Eye: the car-and-bike makeover show. Discovery Channel's American Chopper, MTV's Pimp My Ride and several others turn junkers into sleek street machines and motorcycles into works of art, and in the process tell us how people (mostly men) express and define themselves through their stuff. They're Queer Eye, the shop-class version: the Gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Wheels, My Self | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...There is, however, a car-country answer to Queer Eye: the car-and-bike makeover show. Discovery Channel's American Chopper, MTV's Pimp My Ride and several others turn junkers into sleek street machines and motorcycles into works of art, and in the process tell us how people (mostly men) express and define themselves through their stuff. They're Queer Eye, the shop-class version: the Gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Wheels, My Self | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

SHARP AQUOS TV Ads in Elle Decor and IN STYLE pitched this pricey line of TVs to women as sleek, sexy and light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Designing For Women | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...design the popular club and hotel Soho House in New York City's trendy meat-packing district, she drew from retro archetypes and craftsmanship to stay loyal to the history of the building and the neighborhood. Wedding the kitschy and luxurious (picture 33 crystal chandeliers) to the sleek and modern (think ceramic bathtubs but in a boudoir), she hung velvet curtains in the rooms and draped the club in an Arts and Crafts palette of peacock blue, teal and green. The result was a modern playground for New York City's rich or connected and a hub for the international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Familiar Meets Modern | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

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