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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...there were lots of violent aspects of the culture and lots of horrible executions that seemed torturous because they could last for days, there was very little actual torture even then. And torture in England in this specified definition actually ended in 1640. There were the most tortures under Queen Elizabeth; she wrote the most writs for individual tortures. But there was a sudden turn against the idea of torture so that in the Restoration there was lots of violence but very little torture...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling 101: Oh, the humanity! | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

BRITNEY SPEARS may be the queen of pop tartiness, but her new video, From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, is an entirely wholesome affair. Oddly, it took an ex-porn auteur to clean up her act. The clip was helmed by Greg Dark, director of such fare as Devil in Miss Jones 5 and Hootermania. Public exposure of the connection between the ex-pornographer and the already-too-precocious teen singer is making both sides nervous. Though Dark has directed more than 20 music videos, his agent says she is worried that dwelling on Dark's past might prevent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 7, 2000 | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...Natalie" on telnet and 20 responses appear on the screen. Subtract grad students and faculty and just nine remain. But none is Natalie Portman--for security reasons, she "doesn't go to Harvard." That simple obstacle doesn't stop relentless fans from trying to hunt down Queen Amidala...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Natalie's Here, There, and Everywhere... | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

...encompassing topic of Star Wars sometimes overshadows the beauty of the braided Queen. Natalie A. Lester '01 contacted one stalker's Internet service provider when he wouldn't stop writing her. "One time there was this little boy really obsessed with Star Wars, not [with] her, and he added me to his 'Star Wars fan club' e-mail list," Lester remembers. "[He] kept sending me all his info on the movies until I begged him to take me off his list...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Natalie's Here, There, and Everywhere... | 2/3/2000 | See Source »

...that we put too much emphasis on computers at the expense of basics like reading and writing; high-techs argue that technology can enhance kids' learning experience without breaking school budgets. The documentary is up to PBS's usual high standards, and it's narrated--get this--by rapper Queen Latifah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 31, 2000 | 1/31/2000 | See Source »

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