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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...twisted legacy of a woman's life. Michael drove straight to a betting shop and put down a few hundred dollars, carefully repeating the sequence. The numbers were, of course, losers. Had they been the winning numbers, would the sacrifice of Carolyn's life have been any less in vain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rites and Wrongs | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

OTIS THOMAS Pastor who alleged daughter's affair with Condit recants. Sin: Filling tabloids in vain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 30, 2001 | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...though somewhat shorter than most of its nine predecessors, offers the same mix of the macabre and the moral that Irving's army of admirers has come to expect. For the loss of his hand isn't Wallingford's principal problem. His extraordinary good looks have rendered him vain and shallow. As one of his countless lovers tells him, "It's been flattering, for a while, to be with a man who can so thoroughly lose himself in a woman. On the other hand, there's so little you in you that I suspect you could lose yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Sound Of One Hand Clapping | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...SHARPTON Rotund preacher's hunger strike not in vain: Navy will halt Vieques bombing, he sheds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 25, 2001 | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...kind that comes to mind when hearing the phrase "interactive TV": collaborative, choose-your-own-ending stories, which are becoming more widespread than ever. The season finale of ABC's eminently forgettable Two Guys and a Girl allowed viewers to vote online among four possible endings. (I searched in vain for the options to cancel the series, burn all videotapes or watch Disney honcho Michael Eisner commit ritual suicide in shame for having aired it.) Meanwhile, the creator of Dharma and Greg is developing a sitcom for Fox called Nathan's Choice, in which the hero faces a dilemma halfway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potato Blight | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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