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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...with this approach. Should Beijing win the 2008 games, it's hard to imagine a local show making fun of the Beijing authorities the way commentators have made fun of Michael Knight, the state's Olympics Minister. One declared that Knight "had put his testicles on the wire--to use a meteorological term--that the weather will be fine for the opening ceremonies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laugh Track | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...reducing SAT requirements as an element in their admissions process. The College Board's annual Survey of Colleges shows that in 1999, 83% of the U.S.'s 1,800 four-year colleges considered test scores in admissions, a percentage that has remained relatively constant for 10 years. The stable use of test scores by four-year institutions remains unaffected by the decision over the past three decades by a handful of small, private institutions to made scores optional. GASTON CAPERTON, PRESIDENT The College Board New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 9, 2000 | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...human. How self-centered and arrogant it is for whites to think that a landscape without their culture and accumulated junk in it is lifeless. The puerile horde that invades the desert on Labor Day has no clue about the earth or true spirituality. Too bad Harvey can't use his talent and money for something that benefits the planet. JANE VAN CAMP Placerville, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 9, 2000 | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...Tennis Centre was a brick pit that turned out to be the breeding ground for the rare GREEN AND GOLDEN BELL FROG. Half a million dollars was then spent to create a lush new habitat for the frogs in the pit, but many of the creatures declined to use their new digs. The Centre was built elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aussies Being Green | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...wife. But if he took nandrolone intentionally, he sure wasn't thinking about what might happen to her, to him, to their bank account. And if he took the drug, did his wife know? Could America's golden girl be a hypocrite? Jones has long been outspoken against drug use in her sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Gold for Lawyers | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

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