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Dates: during 2000-2000
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What is new is difficult. It has not yet taken full shape; it is not yet trustworthy, but it is extremely powerful. Splitting the atom, discovering radiation, Keynesian economics, postructuralism, relativity and now computerization: all are the results of great social debate and change, and all have their share of ugliness. Major shifts in human thought are not negotiated without some who recognize power in the new--the democratic, the economic, the wired--and seek to exploit...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: In Defense of Novelty | 3/21/2000 | See Source »

...report will be published by Harvard's Project on Managing the Atom and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: KSG Report Urges Faster Nuclear Disarmament | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

Nope. You'll owe immediate income tax on the cost of every share you take out. It would be great if you could take possession of just the gain and roll the cost into an IRA. But that's like splitting an atom--an unnatural divide with explosive consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 401(k) Encore | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...represents the sun, while smaller spheres, from a few inches to a few feet across, portray the eight planets. (Not nine. Many astronomers, Tyson explains, now believe that Pluto is not a full-fledged planet.) A bit farther along, the sphere represents a molecule that dwarfs the footwide atom mounted to the railing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Room With A (Spectacular) View | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...Felicia's Journey also differed from Egoyan's other endeavors in that it was handled by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions, and thus was the first Atom Egoyan film to have a firm Hollywood connection. The director is quick to point out, however, that the difference in funding did nothing to change his style or approach to storytelling. "Mel was very great about it," Egoyan says. "I had the freedom to tell the story exactly how I wanted to tell it and never felt the slightest pressure to make the film more marketable or viewer-friendly. Although Felicia's Journey...

Author: By William Gienapp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Independent Means | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

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