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Word: utopia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have always been shy and wussy, and Mr. Rogers' gentle-Americana Buddhism made me feel as if that was good. He knew that the only reassurance in the face of the Sendakian horrors of childhood--the uncertainty, the lack of control--is acceptance. His neighborhood wasn't a utopia--he lived alone in a small apartment with a fish tank--but a community where every type of person was nice to him because he accepted them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell to Those Who Left | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...about grand, universal themes like 'I am the King of Pain.' I remember thinking, Jesus Christ, how do you write something like that, especially if you're from New Jersey?" So instead they wrote Red Dragon Tattoo, about an exuberant moron who gets inked to impress a girl, and Utopia Parkway, which described guys a shade too old to be posting flyers for their band. The songs were ironic without being distant, and catchy without being Creed. And they didn't sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Rise Of Mom's Boys | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...Theoretically, given enough unlicensed radio bands and megabits too cheap to meter, you could transmit via wi-fi all of today's broadcast TV and radio programs and every phone call (cellular or wired) as well--most of it free. That may sound like a tin-can-and-string utopia, but if the past 50 years of technology have taught us anything, it is this: never underestimate what geeks with the right tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free and Easy | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...motorcycle messenger, and his wife Shriley (Ruth Sheen). The couple live with Cyril’s mother and become invoved in the sagas of his mother’s neighbors and his sister. Shirley yearns to be a mother, but Cyril, a Marxist, wants to live in a utopia and is reluctant to start a family. High Hopes screens Saturday, August...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Happening :: Listings for the Week of August 1-August 7 | 8/1/2003 | See Source »

...surpassed that goal. Today, Tembi has the cheerful feel of a tropical Victorian Utopia, a model community in the tradition of William Morris, with Purser cast in the role of philosopher-king. Evidence of the village's global reach and newfound affluence are everywhere. Purser says he pays above-average wages, and he established a foundation to distribute some of the profits to the townspeople. Thus far, the foundation has created a health clinic, a gamelan school and a simple fitness center. The company pays for school uniforms and books. After two years of service, an unmarried employee gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord of the Village | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

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