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...this dysfunction the video illustrates what makes comedy: the suffering and tragedy of comedians and their ability to transform their personal struggles and awkwardness into laughter. In one scene, Tim sits huddled in a booth at a bar with a few comics, testing new material and firing jokes back and forth at each other. They appear like a group of loners, neither fawned over by women nor paid any particular attention by anyone, just poking fun at themselves, their condition and the situations they encounter. It is there, in those moments, that Gilman uncovers the essence of humor, that...

Author: By Dan Cantagallo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Show off | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

Connectivity promises to transform a way of life that could be mistaken for timeless. Warana's project is providing farmers with access to essential information. The network keeps detailed records of all transactions with local sugar and milk cooperatives; it lists prices of farm produce in the region's agricultural markets (to help farmers decide what to plant or where to sell their produce); and it offers a daily weather forecast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Development: Wiring the Villages | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...interested in serving my country. Some in the AUC want to transform ourselves into a political movement, but I'd rather unite with one strong party, that we identify with. I'm a defender of strong parties, in which everyone participates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs, Violence and Peace: A Colombian Gunman Speaks | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

DIED. DAVID BROWER, 88, uncompromising environmental activist; of cancer; in Berkeley, Calif. Brower helped transform the Sierra Club from a 7,000-member club into one of America's most influential environmental groups. He later founded Friends of the Earth, the League of Conservation Voters and the Earth Island Institute. He resigned in protest from the Sierra Club board several times. "The world is burning," he said, "and all I hear from them is the music of violins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 20, 2000 | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...Connectivity promises to transform a way of life that could be mistaken for timeless. Warana's project is providing farmers with access to essential information. The network keeps detailed records of all transactions with local sugar and milk cooperatives; it lists prices of farm produce in the region's agricultural markets (to help farmers decide what to plant or where to sell their produce); and it offers a daily weather forecast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wiring India's Villages | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

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