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...fraud who faked the trances he fell into. "People here avoided him," says 63-year-old Thenavai, grimacing through teeth stained black by years of chewing betel nut. "We all knew about his character. But outsiders believed he could cure them and give them winning four-digit numbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rites and Wrongs | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...Even if Shanmugavela did exploit the gullibility of the outsiders, some part of him must have been in thrall to the goddess's dark power. After making the offering, police sources say, Shanmugavela fell into a trance in the makeshift Kali temple and intoned a four-digit sequence, these numbers the twisted legacy of a woman's life. Michael drove straight to a betting shop and put down a few hundred dollars, carefully repeating the sequence. The numbers were, of course, losers. Had they been the winning numbers, would the sacrifice of Carolyn's life have been any less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rites and Wrongs | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

Beginning in mid-August, everyone accessing HOLLIS’s electronic resources will need to use their University personal identification numbers (PINs) in place of their nine digit University I.D. numbers...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Libraries To Begin Securing E-Resources with PINs | 7/27/2001 | See Source »

...really that easy? Burberry has had triple-digit growth since it started its makeover, but the creative director who was applying the hipness lift left last month by what the company described as "mutual agreement" and was replaced by a designer from Gucci. The signature plaid has been knocked off more often than a milk bottle at a carnival booth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Ball: Dusting Off Fashion's Old Bags | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...really that easy? Burberry has had triple-digit growth since it started its makeover, but the creative director who was applying the hipness lift left last month by what the company described as "mutual agreement" and was replaced by a designer from Gucci. The signature plaid has been knocked off more often than a milk bottle at a carnival booth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dusting Off Fashion's Old Bags | 6/15/2001 | See Source »

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