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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...protests, and hitting closer to home, was the violence associated with the Firestone tire problem. On Aug. 9 the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp. said it was voluntarily recalling 6.5 million Firestone tires owing to safety concerns. If you owned a Ford Explorer, the country's best-selling SUV, you probably had the tires in question. Accidents caused by shreddings had already contributed to at least 46 deaths, an estimate that climbed to more than 100 by year's end, as both Ford and Firestone came under attack. What did they know, when did they know it? Answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year in The Nation | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

...year 2000 was not the best of times for tyranny. True, Saddam Hussein began to shake off the shackles of world sanctions, all the while restocking his arsenal with the nastiest of weapons, unfettered and unwatched. Against all expectations, however, Yugoslavia's strongman, Slobodan Milosevic, vanished--poof!--from power after calling an election he felt sure he'd win, and then failing to steal the result from a populace that rose up to guard its rejection of his troublemaking. Another autarch actually took a turn toward benevolence all on his own: North Korea's quirky Kim Jong Il reached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year in the World | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

...vintage New York City gang war. The image that lingers is not of a titanic home run or a dazzling play at shortstop, but of a large, fearsome pitcher preparing to throw a jagged piece of lumber toward a large, fearsome catcher. In the year 2000, the best of sports was about much more than sports. --Robert Sullivan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year in Sport | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

...want Maurice Greene to put on the best performance ever seen." So said Maurice Greene before the male version of the 100 m. While not quite equal to his wish, the world-record holder ran a dramatic race, coming from third to catch the leaders at 60 m and then to pull away. The world's fastest man, usually brazen, cried openly during the medal ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year in Sport | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

...Rowling's magical series. As if to confirm that there is a huge gulf between ages 11 and 14, a major part of the the latter demographic fell under the spell of a vastly different celebrity--a real one, stage name Eminem. Even as the latest Harry novel climbed best-seller lists, Eminem's new CD, The Marshall Mathers LP (that being the artist's real name), was lording over the pop charts. The disc, loaded with violent and misogynistic imagery, proved irresistible to millions of teenage boys. While some puritanical teachers and parents tried to demonize Harry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year's Arts | 12/31/2000 | See Source »

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