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...angry and embittered--he's the Clarence Thomas who might have been. Garland's son Talcott is a moody, middle-aged law professor saddled with a flagging career and a failing marriage. Growing up in the shadow of his famous failure of a dad has made him a fizzing cocktail of racial and Oedipal rage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trial and Terror | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

...fatherless in the mountain village of Xochiltepec, which is in dispute with a neighboring town over clearance and logging rights to 8,000 hectares of land. The state government lists some 360 territorial disputes in Oaxaca, with the Xochiltepec conflict one of the 30 most combustible. MEANWHILE.. Kangaroo Cocktail Scientists in Australia believe kangaroos could help stop global warming. Methane emitted by sheep and cattle accounts for about 15% of Australia's greenhouse gas. But kangaroos on a similar diet produce no methane at all, thanks to a cocktail of mysterious stomach bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 6/9/2002 | See Source »

...suggested that combinations of siRNA could eventually be used as an effective drug cocktail...

Author: By Katherine M. Dimengo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Team Finds Way To Inhibit HIV Early | 6/5/2002 | See Source »

...available. But the signature dishes spring from Sakhalin's abundant bounty of fresh seafood, game, fruits and vegetables. Start with an appetizer of scallops bathed in a mustard sauce. The tangy dish will leave you wishing it was offered as a main. Or opt for the Kapriz salad cocktail of roast beef, mild white cheese, boiled eggs, pickled cucumber, garlic and an earthy herb vinaigrette. Move on to a salmon and saury combination: slices of juicy fish baked with herbs and green and black olives and topped with a pastry cup of red caviar. A hearty alternative is the Jharkoye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spot | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...cannot envision these jolly-ups accurately without picturing two items of clothing often worn by the women: a little cocktail hat and white or black wrist-length gloves. The hat would usually have a small, black veil which would partially cover the face (peering through mesh was considered very sexy). Christian Dior and his “New Look” was the designer of choice and we would wear “knock-offs” of his fashions. Many Radcliffe women scorned any female who wore make-up and had an interest in her appearance...

Author: By Connaught O’CONNELL Mahony, CLASS OF 1952 | Title: Jolly-Ups and a 'New Look' at Radcliffe | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

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