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...became a major factor in Thompson's demise. The groupies gathered, the legend grew and, soon enough, the work suffered even more deeply. A nadir was reached in 1974 when he was assigned to cover "The Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. He chose to float in his hotel pool, a bottle of hooch in hand, while the great fight took place, and he was unable to file anything. After that, it was largely writer's block, self-indulgence and personal disarray until Thompson committed suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mixed Pleasures of Hunter S. Thompson | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...most interesting parts of the parade was watching advertisers cater to the predominantly gay audience. Like this float for the upcoming movie “Mamma Mia!” Something tells me this is not the typical advertisement that one would...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill | Title: A New Reason To Be Proud | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

...artists who manically fill in every free space of their drawings. There were too many ideas in his teeming brain, most of them system-wide and cosmic in scale. He was unconfined by the real-world considerations that keep you and me from envisioning massive spherical communities that would float from place to place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buckminster Fuller: The Big Thinker | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

...deceived by water that looks shallow. Six inches (15 cm) of water will reach the bottom of most cars and can cause stalling and loss of control, according to FEMA. A foot of water will float many cars, and two feet of moving water can carry away most vehicles - including SUVs and pickup trucks. In other words, if you can turn around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why More Men Die in Floods | 6/24/2008 | See Source »

...among the greatest cross-border contrasts in the world, according to David Kennedy, a noted historian at Stanford. As long as that remains true, the border fence will be under extreme pressure. People will climb over it; they'll tunnel under it; they'll hack through it; they'll float around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Wall of America | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

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