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...reason to worry about any of this, right? There isn't as long as you don't read Hari Kunzru's new novel, Transmission, in which an unhappy Indian programmer is driven by job insecurity and his obsession with a Bollywood starlet to write a vicious computer virus and unleash it on the world. The misadventures of this renegade geek-along with those of the starlet, her mother, a shallow London marketing executive, his promiscuous girlfriend, a couple of xenophobic European bureaucrats and a Korean society devoted to an online fantasy game-combine to make for what may be this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poking Holes in the Net | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...lives of American troops. In the face of enormous public disapproval, he fired General Douglas MacArthur. Truman showed courage and decisiveness when confronted with seemingly impossible situations. The whys and hows of the quagmire in Iraq would not faze him. He would either order the troops home or unleash the full might of the military on those who disrupt our efforts in Iraq. Moreover, he would take full responsibility for the decision. William H. Hedrick Albany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...lives of American troops. In the face of enormous public disapproval, he fired General Douglas MacArthur. Truman showed courage and decisiveness when confronted with seemingly impossible situations. The whys and hows of the quagmire in Iraq would not faze him. He would either order the troops home or unleash the full might of the military on those who disrupt our efforts in Iraq. Moreover, he would take full responsibility for the decision. WILLIAM H. HEDRICK Albany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 14, 2004 | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...already been humbled mightily since "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" flamed out a few years ago, but there must be some depth of disgrace - behind UPN! behind Pax! behind Trio! - at which the failure becomes liberating. When anything goes. When the network decides to roll the dice and unleash the weirdest crap that's ever been seen on broadcast TV, because, well, why not? A drama about the rough-and-tumble world of professional plumbing inspectors! A reality show about dogs - directed and produced by dogs! A family sitcom by the guy who just made a movie about Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The WB Wants Young People. ABC Will Take Anyone Who'll Have It | 5/19/2004 | See Source »

...achievements are increasingly attracting global attention. She has been singled out by the World Bank for her efforts in poverty reduction and recently served on the United Nations Commission on the Private Sector and Development, helping to map out a vision of how even the poorest countries can unleash entrepreneurship and mobilize the private sector to meet their development challenges. --By MARK MALLOCH BROWN, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Luisa Diogo: Advocate for Africa | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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