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Colin Powell has the gift of presence. When he walks into a room, people sit up, straighten their ties, hold their breath in anticipation. And he dazzles them with his effortless command. The moment he set foot in the State Department last January, he was met with rapturous applause. When he paid a call in Beijing three months after a U.S. spy plane was forced to land on Hainan island, he coaxed a joke out of somber President Jiang Zemin and left the leadership beaming that he "respected" China. They returned the compliment with a long-awaited $2 billion order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Odd Man Out | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

While many in the molecular biology community held their breath this summer for President Bush’s decision on federal funding for human embryonic stem cells, Harvard researchers in the field have been quietly pushing forward...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scientists Push On With Stem Cell Research | 9/4/2001 | See Source »

Maybe in the halcyon days of my youth I would have bolted for the nearest television and watched Mussina with baited breath, secretly rooting for him to do the improbable in a room full of Red Sox fans. But that night, I had more important things to attend to—fantasy football rankings and AOL Instant Messenger...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Mussina Proves That Nobody's Perfect | 9/4/2001 | See Source »

PAMPERING While dog spas are thriving and command $150 for a Day of Beauty (including hot-oil bath), the supply of grooming and health products is booming. There are doggie breath mints, body wipes, perfumes and toothpaste. A new book, Dog Speak, instructs owners in massage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dog Days | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...Just to see myself mentioned in the same breath as Ed was a momentary pleasure,” he said...

Author: By Sarah L. Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Time Names Three Harvard Researchers as ‘The Best’ | 8/17/2001 | See Source »

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