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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first problem is the name. Just as Fox aimed below the lowest common denominator with the concept of its new reality show, then chickened out and raised it - testing the relationships of unmarried rather than married folks - it also went with a too-tame title. "Temptation Island"? That's an Aaron Spelling show from the '70s. That's an amusement park ride. "Whore Lagoon" or "Isle of the Sluts" - now there's a show I want to watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I Wasn't Tempted by 'Temptation Island' | 1/11/2001 | See Source »

Take the economy. Everyone knows it's slowing and that corporate profits will fade in tandem. Bad news for stocks, right? But wait. With inflation tame, the Federal Reserve has room to lower interest rates, prevent a recession and kick off another bounteous period of accelerating growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stalking The Bull | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...Cancilla tossed peanuts to the nearly tame squirrels, he mused how citizens would not exercise their democratic rights...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Local Voters Tune In or Drop Out | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

Although perhaps racy for someone called Missy, those sins sound tame compared with recent reports that nearly one-third of teens have sex by age 15, and that the second leading cause of death among 15- to 19-year-olds is being murdered with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teens: A Primer | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...Cortes had been transferred out of the Central Penitentiary soon after the killings, but after he turned to religion, prison authorities sent him back, hoping he could tame his own gang. And that cost him his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gang-Bangers: A Deadly U.S. Export | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

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