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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...jumbled batches of bright bricks with the occasional wheel or axle. Now you can buy the Star Wars Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser kit, 1,170 pieces with instructions longer than The Brothers Karamazov. You build a cool spaceship, so long as you follow the directions - a useful skill, but not the same as constructing a cathedral out of nothing but cubes and confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Zhu Zhu Hamsters, Classic Toys Have Power | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

...They stepped out on a limb, and they were met with critical acclaim. Almost immediately, Second City set a standard for smart social and political satire. In March 1960, TIME wrote, "The audiences keep coming back to the Second City, on Chicago's North Wells St., where the declining skill of satire is kept alive with brilliance and flourish." (See 10 things to do in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second City | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

FlyBy gave you an update on good ol’ Fitzy last spring, when he had moved his terrifying antics to the South Carolina Gamecocks’ football program. Considering that the weightroom overlord was moving to a big-time SEC program, we at FlyBy naturally assumed that his skill as a coach was being rewarded...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hous of Pain? | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

Attention seekers like the Salahis are the sort of people referred to as "famous for being famous" - an accurate description and not the same as "famous for nothing." Being famous is a skill, which requires knowing how celebrity works today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger and the Salahis: Two Kinds of Celebrity Crash | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...team will remember the seniors for far more than their skill and success...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Says Goodbye to Accomplished Senior Class | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

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