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"Jumping the shark," in TV parlance, refers to the moment at which a good show turns bad. The actors get bored; the plots become outrageous; next thing you know, as Chase puts it, "Paulie Walnuts"--one of the show's Mob captains--"gets abducted by aliens." There may be another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Back In Business | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

"Sometimes Europeans are bored with European brands," says Jacques-Franck Dossin, a Goldman Sachs luxury-goods analyst based in London. "Ralph Lauren is cooler. It's different. It's from the U.S." Carol Pope Murray, an analyst at Salomon Smith Barney in New York City, more or less agrees. "Yes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bronx Cowboy In Europe? | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

Now that the world cup is fading into memory, Europe's football fans are tuning in to the sport's new season. But not if they are Italian. Supporters of the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Roma will have to wait a while longer to see their clubs kick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Money, No Kickoff | 8/25/2002 | See Source »

Though the stubborn presence of the past is all around us, Elvis is the only cultural icon to have inspired a passionate denial of the fact of extinction. Perhaps this is because his career died without Elvis himself actually expiring, and collective memory has woven into the fabric of myth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long Live the King | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

BOXING Lewis Weighs His Options The days of legendary heavyweight title fights seem like a rumble from the past, and the current champion, Lennox Lewis, appears to have been struck by the same apathy that has taken hold of the public in recent years. With Mike Tyson reduced to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

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