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There are plenty of these, especially in the pictures. Bare female breasts bob up in odd contexts, including a chapter devoted to the human back. Faced with such visual competition, Morris tries to keep his text and captions full of breathtaking assertions. Scarcely a smidgen of the 17 sq. ft. of skin that covers an average human escapes his hypotheses. Brooke Shields' full eyebrows and the small noses sported by contemporary male matinee idols both have something to do with the rise of feminism in the West. "The shape of the female navel has changed in recent years," Morris announces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: BODYWATCHING | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Being an avid gamer does not make you a freak. Playing video games is far more involving than just passively watching TV. I hope your article will encourage the less open-minded to experiment with their imaginations a smidgen more. It is very important to emphasize up-and-coming forms of entertainment like enhanced video games, which for many add immeasurably to the quality of leisure activity. Paul S. Miller London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/13/2005 | See Source »

...freak [May 23]. Playing video games is far more involving than just passively watching TV. It is sadder to while away countless hours sitting through inane television programs than to play games. I hope your article will encourage the less open-minded to experiment with their imaginations a smidgen more. It is very important to emphasize up-and-coming forms of entertainment like enhanced video games, which for many add immeasurably to the quality of leisure activity. Paul S. Miller London "Out of the Xbox" was an interesting article on Microsoft's newest device and the influence of video games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

Early this year a bomb went off in a computer at the Los Angeles department of water and power. The device did not explode; it was a "logic bomb," a smidgen of spurious software coding that had been secretly inserted into the giant IBM machine. At a preassigned time, the logic bomb suddenly went off and maliciously froze the utility's internal files. Work came to a standstill until a team of experts, including the Los Angeles police department's newly formed computer crime unit, was able to uncover the subversive coding. The unknown criminal, who could face five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: A Threat from Malicious Software | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...could seriously question Gephardt’s experience, competence or character—the former House Democratic leader could walk in the Oval Office and be president tomorrow. And the still-boyish 62-year-old carries all the controversy of a Hallmark card—not a smidgen of scandal in 30 years of public life. He is still one of the best-liked, most widely respected leaders of either party. Gephardt could match Vice President Cheney’s stature in a debate, and then beat him with an economic appeal to his fellow middle-class Midwesterners. More than...

Author: By Brian M. Goldsmith, | Title: Kerry's Smart Choice for VP | 5/4/2004 | See Source »

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