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...exactly wrong: then, the seemingly alien cultures of Europe and Asia held endless fascination for Americans who were either back from war service abroad, their aesthetic tastes spiced a bit, or simply tired of bland domestic fare. Foreign-language pictures were suddenly chic, and represented a much broader geographic span than today; world-class auteurs emerged not just from France and Italy but from Japan, India, Sweden. Ingmar Bergman would eventually make the cover of TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Yesterday When We Were Young | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...plenty of rancorous debate every step of the way. But for congressional Republicans trying to avoid getting scapegoated in 2002 for a president who's safe until 2004 - and for Democrats eagerly trying to do the scapegoating - politics is only as long-term as the average voter's attention span...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, We've Got an Energy Plan. How Much of it Will Fly? | 5/17/2001 | See Source »

...April 6, Obara, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence, was charged with her death: a rape that apparently turned into murder. Police officials, speaking off the record to the Japanese press, suggest he may have raped as many as 200 women over a two-and-a-half decade span, a crime spree to which, TIME has learned, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police had been alerted before Lucie's death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lucie Blackman: Death of a Hostess | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Office of the Provost oversaw interfaculty initiatives, for example—one of Rudenstine’s favorite projects, which unified academic interests—like Mind, Brain and Behavior—across the schools. Some still debate the definition of the position, which is young in the span of Harvard history and still evolving...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Final Word on Neil Rudenstine | 5/9/2001 | See Source »

...Egan took over for the Terrapins and scored a goal and assisted on another in the span of just over a minute to extend Maryland's lead to 9-3 just under ten minutes into the half...

Author: By Kathryn J. Hodel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Falls to No. 1 Maryland, 14-4 | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

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