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That's the best of the worst case for baseball's plan to boot two clubs from the league. Cutting the number of teams to 28 from 30 would eliminate 50 player jobs, not to mention hundreds of positions from the front office to hot-dog vendors. The league would save some $40 million of the $160 million it sends in subsidies to also-ran clubs such as the Expos. The remaining teams would also get a bigger cut of baseball's $2.5 billion network-television deal. And, purists argue, the quality of play would improve in a league that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Yer Out! | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...relatives' stairs--and challenged to greatness. The result, a witches' brew of Tolkien and Tom Brown's School Days, was so vividly written that it was, in effect, already its own movie. It gave readers the narrative equivalent of the best seat in the house and free popcorn to boot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Harry Potter: Wizardry Without Magic | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

Even if you don't give a hoot about antibacterial soaps and surfaces, here's one good reason you might consider buying a pair of antibacterial shoes or boots: odor control. That's right--the fewer microbes taking root in your footwear, the better your shoes and feet are likely to smell. Teva's entire 2002 line of sandals will be coated with AgION's silver-based antimicrobial compound. Many hunting boots from Rocky Boots (shown below), Georgia Boot, LaCrosse Footwear and Thorogood Footwear already incorporate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Of The Rest | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...results of the boot camps are die-hard but undetectable soldiers of the movement. "The Takfir," says Jacquard, "are the hard core of the hard core: they are the ones who will be called upon to organize and execute the really big attacks." French officials think that Takfiri beliefs have bred a distinct form of terrorism. "The goal of Takfir," says one, "is to blend into corrupt societies in order to plot attacks against them better. Members live together, will drink alcohol, eat during Ramadan, become smart dressers and ladies' men to show just how integrated they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate Club | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...results of the boot camps are die-hard but undetectable soldiers of the movement. "The Takfir," says Jacquard, "are the hard core of the hard core: they are the ones who will be called upon to organize and execute the really big attacks." French officials think that Takfiri beliefs have bred a distinct form of terrorism. "The goal of Takfir," says one, "is to blend into corrupt societies in order to plot attacks against them better. Members live together, will drink alcohol, eat during Ramadan, become smart dressers and ladies' men to show just how integrated they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hate club | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

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