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This form of nationalism is strange indeed. The significance of the integrity of Chinese soil seems to have overtaken the importance of the inhabitants of this patch of earth. If the communists proceed along a course perilously close to war, they might find themselves occupying wasteland, if circumstances compel them to make good their threats. Oddly enough, the mainland regime seems to believe that death threats would induce their compatriots to eagerly embrace the mainland and consider communist proposals for reunification...

Author: By Tzu-huan Lo, | Title: A Changing Tide for Taiwan | 3/24/2000 | See Source »

...After crawling through a spectacular desert wasteland the group stumbles upon a mysteriously abandoned scientific settlement. Meanwhile, group membership has started to decrease. Apparently, something on the planet likes to eat people alive, which gives us the warning about being afraid of the dark: these creatures are physically hurt by the light and will only eat you alive in the dark. Good thing it's never night because there are three suns, remember...

Author: By Patty Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: White-Knuckled Terror in Pitch Black | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

...Three a.m., the night before deadline, the office is abuzz. Computer screens glow as editors, sustained by caffeine, frantically click at their keyboards putting finishing touches on their babies. Red-eyed editors litter the floor amid a wasteland of sleeping bags. The trash overflows with tinfoil and napkins, remnants of late night stops at The Wrap. As the sun rises over Cambridge, some editors panic and some breathe a heavy sigh of relief...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Lush Life at Let's Go | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

...last time you got into a discussion with a roommate over reading for a class you don't have in common, or even one you do have in common? Hey, when is the last time you talked about anything with your roommates? Harvard often seems like an intellectual wasteland...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: No Intellectuals Need Apply | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...little history for the fashion deprived. In the beginning, there were a few industry giants like Lauder, Revlon and L'Oreal in a wasteland of dull, uniform colors. Then, in 1985, a Canadian makeup artist, Frank Toskan, exploded the spectrum with MAC, an edgy line that became such a success that Lauder bought the company in 1994. Fluke? In 1990 a New York-based makeup artist, Bobbi Brown, scraped together $10,000 to start her own minimalist line, which Lauder also snapped up. In 1995 a 22-year-old premed student, Dineh Mohajer, mixed nail polish to match a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beauty Face-Off | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

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