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Once, not so long ago, no one wanted to be Tiger Woods. Especially Tiger, with his cafE-au-lait complexion and American serviceman father. Today, Eurasians are the flavor du jour, not only in the U.S., where mixed-race citizens personify the American melting pot, but even more so in Asia, where race-conscious policies are often encoded in law. In Indonesia, where until recently ethnic Chinese were barred from writing in their own script, the hottest celebrities are indos, or mixed-race folks like actors Karina Suwandi and Ari Wibowo. In Bangkok, where the local skin trade has spawned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eurasian Invasion | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...mellow, slyly funny 48-year-old whose oddest obvious quirk is that he's trying--and succeeding--at coming off like a 30-year-old. He has shaggy, jet-black hair with bangs, wears a horseshoe-embroidered black Guyabara and jeans and has a freakishly creaseless complexion. And he has proved his ability to pull off non-Pee-wee characters over the past few years, culminating in a convincing gay '70s Los Angeles hair stylist cum drug dealer in Blow, the cocaine movie starring Johnny Depp that opens this week. "I have a four-year-old daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bigger Than Pee-wee | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

...about whatever may titillate or tantalize them. There is, it seems, a chat room for anything and everyone. Spouses seeking greater satisfaction, singles who don't want to wait until marriage, cohabitors, minority groups such as gays, lesbians, spankers, even the pimply schoolboy wondering if autoerotism is ruining his complexion - in today's Asia, there's never been a better time for any of these groups to find answers, action ... and fulfillment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEX IN ASIA: Turning Up the Heat | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...assigned from 1978 to '81 and again from 1985 to '87. "He thought he was mentally superior to his peers and probably his leadership," says Robert Bryant, former FBI assistant director. That subtle arrogance made him few friends there, and he was nicknamed Dr. Death for his sallow complexion, dark hair, black suits and humorless stare. Because he had no bedside manner, he was never sent out to recruit Soviet turncoats. "He had no people skills at all," says the former colleague, who wonders if the cruel nicknames helped set Hanssen on his traitorous course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The FBI Spy | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

When the victim stood up, she saw a six foot tall, 40-year-old black male with a medium build, medium complexion and short cropped hair. The assailant was wearing a long, black-wool dress coat, a black multi-colored design sweater, and dark pants...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Woman Assaulted in Lamont Library | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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