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...Although Van Hulten, Clegg and Van der Laan squirm at the "young Turks" characterization, they concede that fresh ideas are needed as the E.U. faces the challenges of internal reform and eventual enlargement to the east. "We need a reconciliation between the generation that built Europe and the one that will take it into the future," says Van Hulten. Waging war on the old guard might seem a strange way of building bridges, but the three M.E.P.s know that time is on their side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking Up the Brussels Bureaucracy | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...political parody of media venality, it's The Producers crossed with In Living Color, or Network meets Bulworth. And despite its sternest intentions and laudably high squirm content, the movie is often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 2000 TIME Current Events Quiz | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...abstinence (and the active teaching of its tenets) is the only safeguard against the scourge of STDs. As this study has demonstrated, however, there appears to be some confusion as to what actual abstinence requires. Sexual health educators argue that withholding information - even if its explicit nature makes us squirm - from teenagers is tantamount to granting them permission to engage in everything but actual intercourse, without understanding the potential consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Boys (and Bill Clinton) See Sex | 12/19/2000 | See Source »

...first, admit it--watching those bratty dotcom billionaires, oops, millionaires--ha!--thousandaires squirm as their cyberpriced stocks came screaming back to earth and their dotcoms disappeared overnight. But then something else dawned. It wasn't just kids from Stanford taking it on the chin. It was us. Suddenly, warning lights are flashing. In recent weeks, everyone from mighty Intel--whose microchips power 80% of the world's computers--to lumber and housewares seller Home Depot has signaled a sharp drop in profits, leading nervous investors to pummel their stocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is The New Economy Dead? | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

...lands in hot water and so on until we reach a crescendo of comic discomfort. The humor is minutely observed, but the improv reminds you how much nonactor Jerry Seinfeld benefited from comic backup and tight scripts. At his best, though, David can still make you laugh till you squirm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

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