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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...North America of the near-future (dates have been replaced by sponsor names, such as the Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar) is being decimated by a videotape so entertaining that people watch it on a loop, mesmerized until they die of dehydration or starvation or lack of sleep. Reading it, you realize how soul-sad lonely you are. And Wallace creates that effect, like Pynchon, while being laugh-out-loud funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appreciation: David Foster Wallace 1962-2008 | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

...plan worked for Great Britain and it could work for us, once we got over the incredible initial intrusion. My point is this: if America were really America today, I wouldn’t have received that speeding ticket. If, state of New Hampshire Police Department, you can all sleep soundly knowing that you took Felipe’s money for a week on some trumped-up charge, all while your license plates proclaim their libertarian ethos, then do so happily. But the Old Man of the Mountain is gone, and nothing’s going to bring it back...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Against Speed Traps | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

Should girls fear that they don't have the requisite hotness, there's a surefire way to overcome that: find a boy to sleep with. "They're subconsciously looking for love," says Amanda Ireland, another Gloucester teen. "They think, If I have a baby, I'll be someone. It gives them an identity." How can Ireland be so sure? She gave birth to daughter Haley, now 3, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Truth About Teen Girls | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...sharing hotel rooms with a male colleague who had a snore like an outboard motor. You cannot win a snore war by fighting the noise; you can win by embracing the sound. Simply set your breathing rhythm to the rhythm of the snore, and the sound becomes a sleep aid. Now I like it when my colleague goes to sleep first because I fall asleep faster. Colin Dangaard, Malibu, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

...sharing hotel rooms with a male colleague who had a snore like an outboard motor. You cannot win a snore war by fighting the noise; you can win by embracing the sound. Simply set your breathing rhythm to the rhythm of the snore, and the sound becomes a sleep aid. Now I like it when my colleague goes to sleep first because I fall asleep faster. Colin Dangaard, MALIBU, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Becomes a Leader Most? | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

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