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...Interior Minister, Afghanistan's internal spymaster. "I was responsible for collecting information on the jihad warriors" who fought the Russians, she says. She likes to show a photo of herself from those days; in it she wears a green army uniform with a pistol tucked under her belt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: About Face | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Just as important as family is the stability that close friends bring. William Bender, 71, a retired journalism professor at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., winces at the thought of abandoning his circle of friends for the Sun Belt. Bender joins about seven or eight pals for a lunch date every month. And Friday afternoons there is bratwurst and "a lot of beers" with a dozen friends at a local German restaurant called the Hofbrau. Bender, a widower with two grown daughters, enjoys attending concerts and other cultural events at Bradley. Although he says he could probably make friends anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close to Home | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...seventh and eighth paintings—which portray a man and a woman drawing blood by pricking the palms of their hands with nails—are by far the best works of the small exhibition. The turbaned man, who has a tiny pager stuck in his belt, has a slightly smug turn of the mouth. His drops create a perfect ring of circles where they fall. By contrast, the drops of the woman, who looks a bit more uncertain, splash in midair and fail to form a pattern. This suggests a subtle statement about the uncertain role of women...

Author: By Yair G. Aizeman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cultures of Hybridity | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Smear firming gel on the Fast Abs belt, put it on your chest, press the multifunction processor button and go on a 10-minute program of vibrating action equivalent to doing 600 situps. Fast Abs uses the technology...

Author: By R. Fujii, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Infomercials, Inspirations of Insanity | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...cost-cutting moves come as the KSG attempts to tighten its financial belt in order to balance its budget. At his annual “State of the School” speech at the ARCO Forum on Tuesday, Nye announced a projected $3 million operating budget deficit for the current fiscal year...

Author: By David H. Gellis and Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Kennedy School To Close Wash. Office, Cut Other Costs | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

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