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It was Boris Johnson - one of those rumpled British prodigies who manages to be both a journalist and a Conservative Member of Parliament - who best captured the disbelief of the Tory party last week. "It is just flipping unbelievable," Johnson wrote in the Daily Telegraph. His party's nemesis, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Escape Artist | 2/1/2004 | See Source »

Men's tennis was simpler in those days. There was a king - and one or two standout hotshots busting to dethrone him. There wasn't always a clear-cut moment of succession, but the public knew soon enough when one had occurred, never mind the rankings. So it was that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Come In Stunner | 1/24/2004 | See Source »

Just last week, it hardly seemed worth repeating the myriad reasons that sending back the bells made less sense than climbing into a sauna with Boris Yeltsin and a fifth of bathtub vodka. Aside from the cost and inconvenience involved, returning the artifacts would deprive Harvard of one of its...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, | Title: Back from the Former U.S.S.R. | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

"Corelli, 37, has risen so rapidly that in Italy he is nicknamed 'the Sputnik Tenor.' One reason is that he has a classically handsome head set on a 6-ft. 2-in., 185-lb. frame (his other Italian nickname is 'Golden Calves'); another is that he can sing superbly ... Trained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

Vladimir Putin rapped on the microphone to get his ministers' attention. "Look over here and listen to me when I speak," he snapped. "If this is not interesting ... " He jerked his head toward the door, suggesting that the top officials gathered for this Security Council meeting should leave. It's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Close for Comfort | 11/30/2003 | See Source »

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