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...Britain, supported himself as a truck driver, legal clerk, wine steward, English teacher and, only after he turned 40, a writer. But that boyhood hunger for discovery would help shape 13 novels, six books of children's fiction and 10 nonfiction works of history, biography, criticism and reportage. Add his mountain of articles, television scripts and poems, plus the 400 books by other poets (including Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney) that he produced at his small publishing house, Sceptre Press, and Booth ranks as a giant of modern English letters. So why haven't more people heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong's Golden Boy | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...irresistible formula for concocting the most popular Olympic event of the first week. Start with an unroofed pool venue, which became a giant, boisterous tanning bed during the scorching morning races. Add the lure of an athlete who might be undone by his own hubris, and you have an Athens experience that's hard to match. In the end, American teenager Michael Phelps did not reach the prize he was aiming for - the most gold medals won in a single Games - but it would be churlish to suggest that his haul of six gold and two bronze was anything less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making A Splash | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

...going to be allowed to take. About twice the size of our sleeping bags, they will carry a meager array of clothes and, if we're lucky, keep them dry. After putting in two pairs of thick socks - one for bed, one for around camp - I add the pair I'll wear during the day, the pair that will stay wet, and keep my feet wet, for the entire trip. With no room for luxuries like a hairbrush, I find space to stash away some chocolate. When we meet at the bus for the drive to the tributary where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Raft With a View | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

Catalano said the decision to add the time of occurrence stemmed from a recommendation by Daniel Carter, the senior vice president of Security On Campus Inc., a non-profit organization committed to increasing campus safety at universities...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log To Go Online | 8/20/2004 | See Source »

Should Taylor prove successful in Athens, it would certainly add to her long list of accomplishments. During her years in Cambridge, Taylor won 19 individual/relay Heps titles and has a share or owns outright 10 school records. She has also placed third at the U.S. Outdoor Championships from 2001 to 2003, and recently came in first at Mt. Sac and at Martinique...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taylor Set For Athens Glory | 8/20/2004 | See Source »

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