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Support for the Governor's decision comes from some surprising corners, including Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who as Cook County State's Attorney during the 1980s prosecuted five of the death-penalty cases that were later overturned. Daley blames the flurry of exonerations on incompetent defense counsel. A recent Chicago Tribune investigation found that at least 33 death-row inmates in Illinois had been represented at trial by attorneys who were later disbarred or suspended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Takes a Holiday | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

Power, I learn, has its price. If I forget to have my Sims use the toilet, they'll relieve themselves on the floor, leaving unsightly puddles. If they don't learn to cook, the stove will catch fire. Forget to buy a burglar alarm, and you may wake up without a couch--or a house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hangin' with the Sims | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...biscuits and Creole dishes and trained in classical French cuisine, Claiborne established a widely influential rating system in his reviews and wrote with flair about master chefs, airline meals and such capers as a $4,000 dinner in Paris. His publications include the hugely successful New York Times Cook Book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 7, 2000 | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

Jenifer and Gary Troxel see themselves as pretty typical grandparents. They like to go to their 10 grandchildren's recitals and soccer games. They take the kids out to eat and invite them to their home to cook and do crafts together. The youngsters love to take turbo bubble baths in the Jacuzzi. But the Troxels' experiences with two of their grandkids, Natalie and Isabelle, are frozen in time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right to Visit | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

...clever mots that have diminished Coward's reputation to something like that of, say, Fran Lebowitz's, instead of revealing him as the theatrical and musical prodigy he was. Happily, though, the evening was primarily an opportunity for the aristocracy of the cabaret world--led by Michael Feinstein, Barbara Cook and Andrea Marcovicci--to sing the luminous songs on which Coward's legacy should most comfortably settle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sad About the Boy: Noel Coward | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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