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...Quiz...O.K. Tennis great BORIS BECKER, target of a $4.8 million paternity suit filed by Russian model Angela Ermakova in a London court, is, according to numerous European press reports, preparing a defense that accuses Ermakova of impregnating herself with his sperm following an oral- sex rendezvous in the broom closet of a London restaurant. German and British reports also had Becker's attorneys trying to draw a link between Ermakova and the Russian mob, which may have used his philandering in an extortion attempt. Becker, who was divorced from wife Barbara Feltus earlier in the week, says simply that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 29, 2001 | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...Those were the most noticeable demonstrators but there were others who were quieter. Henry Reed, 65, came from Boston for the day. He stood, rain dripping from his gray mustache, on an embankment that overlooked the parade route. He held up a hand-made sign on a broom handle. The sign read "Bush democracy" but the word "democracy" had a red line through it. "I was very strongly affected by the situation in Florida," he said. "If Bush had won fair and square I wouldn't be here to protest." Mr. Reed wore a suit and tie, underneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lest We Forget, 20,000 Reminders | 1/21/2001 | See Source »

...vault, which was found off of a little-used closet containing a broom and a table, held photographs, negatives, coins and medallions from around the world...

Author: By Hannah E. Kenser, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Forgotten Vault Found in Widener Closet | 10/10/2000 | See Source »

...sunny Ashante Suite features African artifacts and textiles and hauntingly beautiful sculptures. Visitors tell Greenwood that staying in the Black Memorabilia Suite--with its old quilts, rag dolls and Louis Armstrong wax record from the 1940s--is "like going to Grandma's house down South." The romantic Jumping-the-Broom Suite, with double Jacuzzi, is popular with honeymooners, whom Greenwood greets with champagne, strawberries and cream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome Home: AKWAABA MANSION, BROOKLYN, N.Y. | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...researchers at Harvard's School of Public Health studied 74 animated movies made between 1937 and 1999, counting and categorizing the acts of violence, the type (comic or malicious) and the wide variety of weapons used, from Mickey's broom in Fantasia to the swords in Mulan. The researchers suggest that a G rating may no longer be sufficient to reflect the content of animated movies. The study highlights the explosion of video watching among very young children, and should spur parents to monitor even the animated films that their youngest children watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Violent Cartoons | 6/12/2000 | See Source »

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