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...animal it comes from has long been a part of Anglo-Saxon culture, a part that one pitiful little endpaper like this could hardly hope to explode. Consider the fact that the meats in the English language have different names from the animals they come from (pig, pork; deer, venison; cow, beef) because the Norman rulers in England were the ones who got to enjoy meat while the poor peasants could only herd the animals, or at best raise them for dairy products. But that doesn't excuse baseless assumptions. It's always good to analyze the source...

Author: By Daryl Sng, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Veins in My Teeth | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...southwest. It threads through two 360-ft.-long tunnels, one of which was blasted out of 1.7 billion-year-old rock a dizzying 600 ft. above Toltec Gorge. You won't find a carload of snakes like the one Indiana Jones encountered. But do keep your eyes open for deer, black bear, bobcat, mountain lion and eagles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: 12 Terrific Train Trips | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

Jackson, 54, has come a long way himself. He was born in Deer Lodge, Mont., and reared in Williston, N.D. His parents were ministers, so he became drawn to issues of spirituality at an early age. His career path, however, was secular: he was a star basketball player at the University of North Dakota and a role player (nicknamed "Action" Jackson) in the NBA, where he was a member of title-winning New York Knicks squads in 1970 and 1973. There he became close friends with teammate Bill Bradley. Indeed, Jackson was being touted as a possible head coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philosopher Coach | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

...some of the most violent cities in America, seen all kinds of mangled human beings, but I've never come across anyone still alive carrying such a horrific injury as Besim." Local surgeons could do nothing. "I knew," says Clay, now back at the rural St. Helena Hospital in Deer Park, Calif., "that I had become his only hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Face Of War | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

Wise, 49, is an animal-rights lawyer--or "animal-rights wacko," in the view of Rush Limbaugh. Wise has spent 20 years standing up in court for deer, cats, bald eagles, dolphins, assorted primates and other beleaguered species. It is a profession that Wise, who has a gift for comedy, finds amusing. In his study hangs a favorite cartoon, of a dog raising his right paw to take the oath in court, and the caption: "Rover v. Wade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standing Up for Rover | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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