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...geeky-sweet alter ego Peter, but most of the masked marvels we've followed from the comics to the screen. We don't want our superheroes to be invulnerable Supermen--Clark Kent's sad-sack persona is as essential to fans as Superman's ability to turn steel girders into pasta ribbons. It's not enough that superheroes fight our battles. We need them to suffer our heartbreaks, reflect our anxieties, embody our weaknesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blockbuster Summer: Superhero Nation | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...North Pole. Once there, he chews gum, litters, spits and speaks rude words with abandon. A cheaper alternative: Manila GWYNETH PALTROW Actress debuts well in the West End. It's only a matter of time before she starts speaking in that lame, Madonna-ish, mid-Atlantic accent Losers DANIELLE STEEL Steamy novelist hogs 26 parking permits in cramped San Fran. The city may want to rethink policy of allotting spaces based on fabulousness ANN WINTERTON British Tory M.P. sacked from opposition post for telling an Asian joke. If this is a fireable offense, the Queen might need to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...first steps was to convert the ramp from steel to concrete. If I had a calf's body and hooves, I would be very scared to step on a slippery metal ramp. The final design had a concrete ramp at a 25 [degree] downward angle. Deep grooves in the concrete provided secure footing. The ramp appeared to enter the water gradually, but in reality it abruptly dropped away below the water's surface. The animals could not see the drop-off because the dip chemicals colored the water. When they stepped out over the water, they quietly fell in because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Myself | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...shot by a policeman in the right kidney April 23 while standing in the doorway of his family home. Up a narrow alleyway a few meters away, Qureishi points to the quiet flagstone courtyard where on the same day she found Yusuf Khan, father of four, beaten unconscious with steel pipes. She carried him to an ambulance, but he died hours later. On the same street Abdul Munaf, 26, is nursing his bandaged hand. The very day Hamid and Khan were attacked, a policeman's bullet passed through Munaf's knuckles and grazed his chin as he threw rocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Own Beirut | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

UNITED STATES Continental Shelf E.U. leaders smoothed over their differences with the U.S. on trade issues, the Middle East and Iraq at a summit meeting that most observers described as "disappointing." Trade delegations met for a second day to address the most contentious issue between them - U.S. tariffs on steel imports - but officials said more success was achieved in the area of foreign policy. U.S. President George W. Bush said "important progress" had been made on the Middle East. "The United States and the E.U. share a common vision of two states, Palestine and Israel, living side by side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 5/5/2002 | See Source »

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