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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mulligan is the film's headline, pulse and revelation. In its blithely subversive way, her starmaking performance is a co-conspirator with the movie. Both of them win you over with smart talk and pretty feelings, then kick you in the heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carey Mulligan in An Education: A Star Is Born | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

Unlike Detroit's automakers, Fisker and Tesla are also export-oriented. "We already sell EV components to Daimler, which will soon begin marketing an electric version of its popular and affordable Smart car," says Tesla's O'Connell. Fisker says his company stands to benefit immensely as support from countries around the world for clean vehicles increases. Germany recently unveiled an action plan to have 1 million electric cars on its roads by 2020 and Japan wants electric vehicles to make up half of all vehicle sales within a decade, he notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Bets a Billion on New High-Tech Automakers | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...power broker; the former philosophy professor seemed better suited to lecture halls. The scholarly demeanor, however, masked his grit. "He doesn't take s___ from anyone," admitted one of Brand's toughest critics. In college sports, the bully will always be the bigger man on campus. But this smart guy was the bigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Myles Brand | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...Plus Society (the “Plus” is for schools that aren’t officially Ivies but are also kind of cool… you know, like Stanford or something). If you’re looking for that rare someone who’s as smart, good-looking, socially graceful—and most important, as well-educated—as your Ivy League self, then this is the club...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Yet Again, Ivy Leaguers Successfully Make Themselves Look Like Jerks | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

...been in the city three years and dated girls who are legitimate models, and that gets old,” said Mr. Pike, who works in private equity. “I have high standards. I’ve met people who are really smart but don’t have it together socially, and people who are fun but may not offer more mentally.” The total package, he explained, is tough to find...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Yet Again, Ivy Leaguers Successfully Make Themselves Look Like Jerks | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

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