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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...career was set on fast forward. He had lived in Rhode Island just a year and was only a college sophomore when he decided to take on a 10-year incumbent for the state legislature in 1988. "Who's Patrick Kennedy?" Jack Skeffington asked when he heard about his upstart primary opponent. "Is it a big deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Kennedys | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...same kind of power as Agnelli, but he's trying. He took a major step in that direction last month when, together with the Benettons - of retail fame - he wrested control of Telecom Italia, the former state monopoly and now Europe's fourth-largest telecommunications company, from an upstart named Roberto Colaninno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All In The Families | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...ride from the library to my temporary residence in the safer, north section of Bogotá takes about 45 minutes. On the radio, a news anchor announces that the Colombian soccer team has advanced into the semifinals versus an upstart Honduras squad in the Cup of Peace, the tournament’s nickname...

Author: By Robinson A. Ramirez, | Title: POSTCARD FROM BOGOTA, COLUMBIA: The Magic of Soccer | 8/3/2001 | See Source »

...expands, JetBlue will have to prove that it can indeed cross flight paths with major carriers that have already helped ground newcomers from People Express to Pro Air. If JetBlue's philosophy of improving service, simplifying pricing and treating customers as if they mattered can make it there, the upstart New Yorker should make it anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Skies | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...first 12 Masters of the Universe--including He-Man, Man-at-Arms and the evil Skeletor ($10-$25 each)--has all but disappeared from the shelves of J.C. Penney and Toys "R" Us since Mattel re-released them. Demand in the U.S. for replicas of Transformers, among them the upstart Hot Rod ($45) and the diabolical pistol Megatron ($90-$110), has prompted importers to buy them off the shelves in Honshu and sell them to retail stores in U.S. malls. Takara, their maker, will be unleashing more in August, including Transformer F-15 Starscream and ambulance Ratchet. A new line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Action Figures From The '80s | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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