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...could read every day. I even read a biography of Nelson Mandela. There were eight cameras on my cell at all times. Once, when I slipped on a puddle in the latrine, two guards appeared to make sure I was O.K. They punished the person who'd left the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Xu Wenli | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

...spend it." Ambitious lawmakers who may run one day themselves did not see Cheney as a rival. The Vice President sat at the Senate's G.O.P. policy lunches, taking notes; when Senator Trent Lott asked for comments, Cheney usually passed. When there was an important bill on the floor, he might say, 'You know, this means a lot to the President. We need to get this done.' And not much more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dick Cheney: Double-Edged Sword | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

...Onion to do. When Letterman almost bumped Nightline off ABC, long editorials were written saying that Ted Koppel's show is indeed smart--many by Ted Koppel himself. After extensive video review, we determined that people should not dangle their babies over the railing of the third-floor balconies or shave off their entire nose. We pretended to get newly upset about all sorts of things we already knew, like that figure-skating judges are corrupt. Wait until people find out how boxing works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Off The Presses: Old News! | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

...source of this economic boom can be found buried beneath the nearby ocean floor, where foreign oil companies have found at least 500 million bbl. of high-grade crude oil. Production has jumped from just 17,000 bbl. a day in 1996 to more than 220,000 bbl. a day, and could grow an additional 50% within three years. The oil boom has fueled fantastic economic growth--65% last year, down to an estimated 25% this year--and pushed annual per capita income from $800 seven years ago to more than $2,000 today. The bonanza in Equatorial Guinea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Black Gold | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

While Merchant was unsatisfied with the defeat, he was satisfied with the confidence and the experience that the Boston College game provided in terms of big-arena atmosphere—a crucial asset as Harvard seeks a victory on Penn’s famed Palestra floor in the not-to-distant future...

Author: By David R. De remer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Hoops Comeback at BC Provides Excitement, But No Victory | 12/22/2002 | See Source »

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