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...they are getting out at a rate of about 3,000 a month, according to the state's department of corrections. This year alone will see more than 30,000 veteran gang members back on the streets. Social workers call them "spoons"--people who get out of jail and stir things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: L.A. Gangs Are Back | 6/13/2005 | See Source »

...Friedmans posed a troubling mystery about a seemingly nice suburban family that viewers had to resolve for themselves. And Winged Migration turned every moviegoer into an awestruck ornithologist. The moral: films needn't serve as just pacifiers or pulse racers. That's what Hollywood does. Get people arguing, thinking. Stir them to anger or awe. That's docu-tainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Now, Meet The Dockers | 6/12/2005 | See Source »

...really have a reaction. It's just something else to cause a stir in the media. You know, Buddy Rice won with the heaviest car last year at Indy. So I'm not sure it really matters that much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Danica Patrick | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...enabled him to get home earlier than his wife. Though he's no gourmet chef, Inniss can, as he puts it, "feed the troops," who often include relatives and other children he has opened his home to. Among his standbys are spaghetti, meat loaf, roast chicken and stir-fry. "I like to hide the veggies," he confesses. He doesn't encourage the kids to help. "I basically like to keep them out of my way. I just want to get through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manning the Stove | 5/31/2005 | See Source »

...China's surging trade surplus. China has also announced tariffs on its own exports of textiles to pre-empt possible moves by Europe and the U.S. to protect home markets. In this environment, the purchase by a state-owned Chinese oil producer of a U.S. rival no doubt would stir controversy. But in the global oil patch, China's surging appetite for reserves is now a fact of life. "Welcome to the oil business of the 21st century," says a senior executive at a major U.S. oil producer. "This is the new world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: The Great Grab | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

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