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...called him "both the best and the worst thing to have happened to British dance in the past 20 years." Rupert Christiansen, a critic for the Daily Telegraph, complains that Bourne has "dumbed down the language of dance. His choreography is so crass and repetitive it sets my teeth on edge. His success has corrupted public taste, so that lots of people won't venture further into the dance world than Bourne." Bourne contends that his strength lies in ideas, not steps. "It's not groundbreaking choreography," he agrees, "but that's not my aim. Some choreographers create works specifically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord Of The Dance | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...What the world at large really dislikes about the U.S. is the same thing we would find distasteful in any overbearing, well-to-do relative: incurable arrogance. Who couldn't help gritting his teeth at a self-described superpower that treats the majority of its neighbors like poor second cousins who should be grateful for whatever they receive? For just one day, the U.S. was knocked from its pedestal, and this engendered an outpouring of genuine empathy, not sympathy, from around the world?not because, as Krauthammer suggested, we reveled in the fact the mighty had at last fallen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...some of its players - will leap forward tremendously," says Rob Mason, managing director of SBI, the British sponsorship consultants. That grating sound you hear is the gnashing of Australian teeth. Banking On A Happy Ending This week, time may finally run out for French billionaire François Pinault, the French government and some other top executives in their decade-long legal fight with U.S. prosecutors over Crédit Lyonnais. In the early 1990s, when the then-state-owned French bank acquired California insurer Executive Life, it allegedly did so in breach of U.S. law forbidding foreign banks from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 11/23/2003 | See Source »

...entertaining enough, a French company has invented the first snorkel with an FM-radio receiver built in. The battery-powered snorkel gets reception as long as the tip of the air tube is above water. There's no earpiece needed because sounds are transmitted through vibrations in your teeth and jawbone. What if you're not near any radio stations? The company is recruiting resorts to develop special audio tours, in which canned music or information about the area can be piped to snorkelers from a boat up to 80 yds. away. INVENTOR Amphicom SA AVAILABILITY Now, $129 TO LEARN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Carry A Tune | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...around manicured lawns with a big stick, this is a must-have addition to your video-game library. Two neat touches put the 2004 version head and golf pants above the competition. First, there's a feature called Game Face, which lets you--by tweaking everything from eyebrows to teeth to paunch--create a golfer who looks just like you. Second, club control has been simplified and and perfected. You get a very professional swing by yanking the joystick on your controller forward, then back. Tiger Woods 2005 has a tough act to follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Top 10 Video Games: Who's Got Game? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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