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...conservation. So in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he announced his plan Thursday, Bush toured a power plant at the cutting edge of "renewable" power production. Friday it was on to Conestoga, Pa. to visit a hydroelectric plant that has put measures in place to save the fish that spawn in the river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's a Gusher! ... of Energy-Plan Catchphrases | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

Thus, there appears to be little doubt as to the future—or rather, the lack of future—for In the (K)now, but Soman’s whereabouts will continue to spawn controversy for weeks, months, perhaps even years to come. The theories span the gamut, from banal to grandiose...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In the (K)now | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...themselves. Zhang financed Beijing Bastards with money he got directing music videos. Wang made The Days (1993), the harrowing story of a marriage on the rocks, for an astonishingly meager $10,000. Desperate circumstances create principled outlaws. The censors didn't intend this, but by their intransigence they helped spawn a truly independent film culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bright Lights | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...heroic males: a gravity, a radiating inner ache; a past and a quest. She's lonely on top, flirting with potential mates but searching for a mother. In this sense she is a big sullen sister to Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, the Powerpuff Girls. They too are the spawn of a biological experiment. (They also levitate, like the Tiger women.) And though the show is perky, and its pace frenetic, the Girls carry the burden of others' expectation. When things go wrong, the Townsville adults chant, "Your fault! Your fault!" There is a poignancy to the Girls' perfection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead, Make Her Day | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...heroic males: a gravity, a radiating inner ache; a past and a quest. She's lonely on top, flirting with potential mates but searching for a mother. In this sense she is a big sullen sister to Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, the Powerpuff Girls. They too are the spawn of a biological experiment. (They also levitate, like the "Tiger" women.) And though the show is perky, and its pace frenetic, the Girls carry the burden of others' expectation. When things go wrong, the Townsville adults chant, "Your fault! Your fault!" There is a poignancy to the Girls' perfection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go Ahead, Make Her Day | 3/18/2001 | See Source »

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