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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...back to Tennessee and mend fences b Wander aimlessly around the country with a calculator and pad asking, "Did you vote for me?" c Be longed for by the American public d Hang out with second-string Jewish sidekick Art Garfunkel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000 Your Final Exam | 12/25/2000 | See Source »

...degeneration of society become increasingly ludicrous. For Houellebecq's narrator, it is only logical that a free-love commune should turn into a Satanic cult capable of appalling masochistic sexual rituals. As for his individual characters, there is of course no action for them to take other than to wander off into oblivion. Bruno checks into a mental institution where he spends the rest of his pathetic days numbing his libido with cocktail medications. Michel, after discovering a way to clone perfectly rational non-egotistical human beings that will in a few years time subsume flawed humanity, simply disappears. Such...

Author: By Annalise Nelson, | Title: Ups and Downs in Houellebecq's Strange, Charmed Particle World | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

...baby magots were purchased by trendy Parisians just before the adult magot problems made headlines. If the monkey population explodes as feared--and fad-fatigued owners abandon their charges in greater numbers--men who plan to visit France's parks may want to don protective gear before they wander too far into the woods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter from France: Life Along the Chimps Elysees | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...says, "I think that there is a lot less than meets the eye." He admits he's good at "synthesizing concepts" and making connections. Perhaps his most innovative thoughts occur away from work, particularly when "getting away on vacation, where you can relax, daydream and let your mind wander." In fact, MacCready considers daydreaming his most productive activity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Makers | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...sister's, stems from their having been orphaned as children. That accounts for her caution and his incaution. She thinks she has to keep her life small and manageable, so she has little to lose. He believes that since life is full of mischance, you might just as well wander and risk. So he brings Rudy along on an odd job where he teaches him how to pound a nail straight, involves him in a game down at the pool hall and, riskiest of all, introduces the boy to his real father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Brothers And Keepers | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

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