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Say this for Florida's dim-witted election system: it makes the hot-button issue in the race for Governor--education--more urgent. During the state's primary balloting last week, especially in the populous southern counties of Miami-Dade and Broward, poll workers couldn't even boot up many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2002: A Florida Vote=A Mess | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

There was the inspired idea of having Errol Morris, probably America's best documentarian, shoot the "what do the movies mean to you?" clips that opened the ceremony; if it was yet another example of the ritual tongue-bathing Hollywood administers itself every year, it was at least dry-witted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Oscar™ for Shameless Self-Congratulation Goes to... | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

How does the U.S. rank in the international human-capital standings? That's a tricky question. Over time the American economy has shown more dynamism and sustained growth than just about any other. But if you look only at the performance of the average American high school student on international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Kids Are All Right | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

While the plot feels haphazardly-constructed through the first three-quarters of the play, the climactic spelling bee scene tops things off with a Tonya Harding-inspired bit of parody. Initially ruthless in his bid for the championship trophy, Darryl ascends to the next ethical plateau as a result of...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Can You Spell Me, Darryl Loomis | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

Oh, there's no place like moan for the holidays. That's now the tradition for year-end movies, and this year the season of official good feeling is refracted in Oscar-envious films about troubled folks. A schizophrenic mathematician, a slow-witted father, an amnesiac writer, a disfigured playboy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: O Come, All Ye Dysfunctional | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

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