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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bh3 g6 18.a4 (Last book move by Fritz.) 18...a5 19.Rab1 Ba6 20.Re1 Kh8 21.Kg2 Bg7 22.Qd3 Rae8 23.Nd2 Bh6 24.f4 Qc7 25.Rf1 Kg8 26.Rbe1 Qd8 27.Kg1 Bb7 28.Re2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Brains in Bahrain:' The Road to Recovery | 10/22/2002 | See Source »

...understandable that Chinese leaders might be a bit wary of massive, uncontrolled mobs of young people. A phenomenon called the Red Guards will do that to you. Maybe that's the real reason why jittery authorities canceled two recent mainland concerts by the mega-popular boy band F4, a quartet of very pretty Taiwanese lads. Their bubblegum music notwithstanding, recent F4 appearances in China have resembled early Beatles films, with out-of-control crowds and packs of swooning teenage girls. The final straw came at a planned concert at a Shanghai mall, when 10,000 fans-10 times the number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...real name is Vic Zhou, and he is one of the four members of the Taiwanese acting-singing sensation F4 that is rapidly building an Asia-wide following. O.K., so the guys can't really act. Or sing. And they can barely dance. But they're a boy group, for chrisakes: Zhou, Vanness Wu, Jerry Yen and Ken Zhu are only required to have nice smiles, hot bodies and fantastic hair. These things they have in spades?and not a tattoo or pierced body part among them. In Taiwan, these squeaky clean little love boys are being held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Listen Too Closely | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...some local television stations.) The TV plot was adapted from a Japanese manga comic called Hana Yori Dango (Men Are Better Than Flowers). Chai, a variety-show producer, handpicked the boys from an audition of 200 (minimum qualifications: good looks and a height of 1.8 m) and dubbed them F4, short for the "Flower Four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Listen Too Closely | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...F4 is now on the fast track for boy bands everywhere: each member will have solo albums out, and movie contracts are ready to go. Collectively, they host a TV show, ABCDEF4, and are planning an Asian tour this fall. You have been warned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Listen Too Closely | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

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