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...drugs, for example, pointing out that the "drug problem" extended to middle-class America as well, from coffee freaks at the office to housewives hooked on diet pills. He talked about the injustice of Muhammad Ali's banishment from boxing for avoiding the draft - a man whose job was beating people up losing his livelihood because he wouldn't kill people: "He said, 'No, that's where I draw the line. I'll beat 'em up, but I don't want to kill 'em.' And the government said, 'Well, if you won't kill people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How George Carlin Changed Comedy | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

...hope we made you proud.' KEVIN GARNETT, Boston Celtics forward, to Celtics legend Bill Russell, after the team beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 131-92--the widest margin in NBA-finals history--to claim its first championship since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...these themes before. In the 1970s, Jesse Jackson said, "You are not a man because you can make a baby. You're only a man if you can raise a baby, protect a baby and provide for a baby." But like King before him, Jackson understood that one must beat back the barriers that stand in the way of individual initiative. Obama brilliantly cited a Chris Rock routine about black men expecting praise for things they were supposed to do, like stay out of jail and take care of their children. But Rock's humor is so effective because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Rebuke of Absentee Black Fathers | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

Steady Art Beat Richard Lacayo blogs daily about art and architecture at time.com/lookingaround

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tadao Ando's Elegant Simplicity | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...freer in many ways than their parents ever were. Think of it: hordes of Chinese kids on a spring Saturday, mimicking the moves not only of their local hoop heroes, but also of Kobe and D-Wade and T-Mac, vigorously debating whether China has any chance to beat the U.S. at this summer's Olympics in Beijing (Zhou shakes his head, saying, "No, unfortunately. No chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoop City | 6/18/2008 | See Source »

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