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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...singer says with a laugh. "We've created a new hybrid, where instead of visiting the music with respect, we steal it and hit it with big hammers until it's a new mélange of rock and world rhythm." Plant doesn't just want to smash the boundaries of musical genre; he also wants to confront the idea that an ageing rock star has nothing new to sing. "I may be getting on a bit, but I'm a very inquisitive guy," he says. "And now I'm doing something that I didn't know I was capable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Life of Plant | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...different industry areas. There is no focus." Even in secondary business lines, Sharp tries to develop what it calls "one-of-a-kind" products. A recent example: the new Healsio oven that reduces fat and salt content by cooking with superheated steam. The oven is a smash in Japan, even though it's small and retails for more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sharper Focus | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...Yard, this time—one nominee actually voted for rival candidate Daniel Ross-Rieder ’08 in an attempt to avoid performing in the pageant. Why the nominee doesn’t just resign is a mystery, but Ross-Rieder remains confident that he will smash his competition anyway...

Author: By Alexandra M. Gutierrez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Here He Is, Mr. Harvard | 4/28/2005 | See Source »

...Society and the parents tap, and sometimes smash, the Gaos back into their assigned roles. But the moral shading in Peacock is as rich as the cinematography, and moments of great poignancy?the mother's efforts to persuade the prettiest girl in town to have dinner with her retarded son, the lengths to which the sister goes to defend her brothers from bullies?temper the hardness the Gao children sometimes display. Gu packs his film with vivid period details: boys play hacky-sack with a flaming chestnut, a couple preserves eggs in handfuls of sticky mud, a family's supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreams Meet Reality | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

Handicapping Mickelson, 34, is now as much a part of the tour as plaid pants. "Lefty" never stops smiling, even on days that would cause most guys to smash a locker or three. After finishing in a tie for 40th at the Players championship, he dutifully signed autographs. Friends call his rapport with the fans genuine, even when the cameras aren't rolling. Says Chamblee: "When you're on tour, you'll invariably get a courtesy-car driver from the airport, and seven or eight times drivers have told me, 'Oh, I picked up Phil Mickelson last night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf's Great Divide | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

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