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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...long ago, travelers waited in vain for a room with a pyramid view. These days such rooms are available on short notice at $240 a night for a double room with 3.6-meter ceilings. The walls are covered with teak carved in arabesque patterns and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. From a small private balcony, you can view Cheops' burial place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War Jitters? Relax in Egypt | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, it's not clear how long Estrada's nomination will stay on the floor, but neither party looks ready to back down. In his radio address last Saturday, President Bush accused Senate Democrats of willfully stalling his nominee "while they search in vain for a reason to reject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Filibuster Formula | 2/25/2003 | See Source »

...long ago, travelers waited in vain for a room with a pyramid view. These days such rooms are available on short notice at $240 a night for a double room with 12-ft. ceilings. The walls are covered with teak carved in arabesque patterns and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. From a small private balcony, you can view Cheops' burial place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: War Jitters? Relax in Egypt | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...least faithful, several men and women are raised in total isolation from everyone but their caretakers—and then let loose in the outdoors. The human subjects eventually pair off and swear undying love to their partners. But there is soon trouble in paradise. When two irrepressibly vain women meet, they cannot help but fight over who is the fairer. And when their lovers finally see other women, everything begins to fall apart...

Author: By Alexandra D. Hoffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 18th Century Play Brought to New Life at the ART | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

...back on space exploration. Theirs was a voyage meant to actualize our shared dreams of knowing space. We cannot let all of our dreams slip away with these heroic astronauts. We must honor the crew members of Space Shuttle Columbia by not allowing their voyage to have been in vain...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Face of Heaven So Fine | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

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