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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...roughly two-thirds of the team—to come to the front of the bus, introduce themselves, tell some little-known personal facts, and then delve into an acapella version of a song of their choosing. Horrid versions of Kenny Chesney and the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme, all the way to my own animated rendition of Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing, allowed guys to let down their guards and get a better feel for one another.Though these bus trips may seem fun to anyone who has never experienced a cross-country trip on a Greyhound...

Author: By Frank Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: In Minors, Big Wheels Keep on Turnin’ | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...Rome she gains 23 lbs.--you could put on weight just reading her description of authentic, weapons-grade Italian pizza--and learns the mystical art of bel far niente, "the beauty of doing nothing." In India she studies meditation at an ashram. In Bali she imbibes the wisdom of her medicine man, and her newfound serenity is tested by a Brazilian swain named Felipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Year of Living Happily | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...security. But the U.N. force, which was deployed in June 2004, is assigned to defend Haiti's constitution, not to take up arms against criminals. "When they leave, I will leave too," says Jean-Buteau Sévère, 34, who returned to his dicey Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Bel Air only after the Brazilians set up an outpost there. The gangs and private armies are likely to collude in controlling the streets--and thus the votes--in the walkup to the election. And unless that situation is eliminated, few experts believe any kind of humanitarian aid can be effectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kidnapping an Election | 1/1/2006 | See Source »

...start of his new business model. He has talked to Downey about teaming up on more comedies, like an edgier Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller. "I knew Tom Hanks. We were starting in comedies around the same time," he says, sipping his tea at the bar at the Hotel Bel-Air and recalling his mid-'80s roles in Top Secret! and Real Genius. "Tom Hanks was very smart. He made several of the same kind of films in a row. Sweet films: Big, Sleepless in Seattle. So you thought of him as a product. I'd be very happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Angst Is So Yesterday | 10/30/2005 | See Source »

...could have been the best of both worlds. One Berry would throw the ball, the other would catch it, and a legion of Harvard football fans would fall in love with the level-headed twins from Bel Air, Md. This situation almost became a reality, but while rookie wide receiver Adam Berry chose the Crimson’s Saturday’s opponent, Princeton, and his twin brother, freshman cornerback Andrew Berry, decided to come to Harvard, the Crimson is more than happy with its Berry—even if he hasn’t landed exactly where originally expected...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brotherly Love: Berry Faces Twin | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

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