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...Saints standout quarterback. All the Manning boys are genetic freaks: younger brother Eli is a starting quarterback, though not an effective one for now, with the New York Giants, and older brother Cooper was slashing toward stardom before a spinal disorder ended his career (he's now a successful businessman in New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We Get Riled About Peyton Manning | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...existed, but you mostly saw and heard about it in the movies. If you were middle class or upper class, then it happened elsewhere. Suddenly it wasn't like that at all. Every morning, you opened the paper, there was "five dead in encounter" here and "so-and-so businessman shot by extortionists" there. In many ways, it started to come very close to home. Geographically, I was within earshot of one famous shootout in the early '90s, which happened in my neighborhood with automatic weapons. Also, my family is connected to the film industry, so I knew people--friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mumbai, Meet The Mob | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

Hughes, a billionaire movie producer, aviator, and businessman, announced in 1953 that he would devote the wealth of his aircraft manufacturing firm to a scientific institute probing “the genesis of life itself...

Author: By Stephanie S. Garlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Iowa Values’ for Mass. Hall? | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...movies to celebrate an entrepreneur is rare - usually you get expos?s - but not wrong. Guru's nearest equivalent might be It's a Wonderful Life, except that this small businessman has to cope with success, not failure. And there's no denying the dramatic oomph of the climactic courtroom scene, with Gurukant defending himself and the class he stands for. Still, it doesn't seem like a natural weave for Mani Ratnam. This Guru is more like a fine polyester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bollywood's New Guru | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

...just the gruesomeness of the Noida murders that has captured India's attention, but the fact that they spotlight glaring inequalities in Indian society-and raise questions about whom public officials truly serve. Police have detained Moninder Singh Pandher, a businessman who lives in Noida, and his servant Surender Kohli, and charged them with kidnapping, rape and murder. While Kohli has confessed to the killings, Pandher's lawyer denies the charges against his client. But it's what the police did not do that has sparked outrage. Thirty-eight women and children had been reported missing from the slum over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Justice For All? | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

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