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Almost immediately, reports of bogus parts soared. They came in because mechanics noticed an odd color, or that metal edges were rough, or that boxes were improperly labeled. When Federal Express mechanics ran across starters they thought were fakes, their quality-control department and our agents tore the $10,000 piece apart and found reworked scrap and car parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING INTO TROUBLE | 7/14/2008 | See Source »

Litigious PRINCE sues Norwegian makers of a Prince tribute album. Next plans to sue Prince tennis racquets, the Little Prince, the color purple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...leaders, the struggle continued to define them long after it was won, and this tendency to see the future in the terms of the past has led even the most revered down some blind alleys. In South Africa, for example, President Nelson Mandela once allowed memories of imperialism to color his views on his country's rampant violent crime, the "encouragement and commission" of which he blamed on white supremacists. In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's impatience with the slow pace of land redistribution led him to endorse the violent seizure of white farms, which quickly caused the collapse of the agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Mugabe: The Last of the Dinosaurs | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

Obama's Image At a time when America's economic might and political credibility are faltering, Obama's ascendancy [June 16] is a boost. It is comforting to see that America is still a beacon when we aspire to a fair society where color and race don't matter. Tsai King-Hang, HONG KONG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Medicated Warriors | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

...There were pizza and chips, a fridge full of beer, and enough cigars for a smoke-filled room. Obama usually showed up in a baseball cap and sweats. He cadged cigarettes and drank a beer, kept up with the boys'-night-out banter and roared at the off-color stories. When he lost a hand, Obama joked that he couldn't afford gasoline to drive home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candidates' Vices: Craps and Poker | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

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