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...though. When I read Frierson’s piece, I found it a bit unsettling that these and other unfounded, gratuitous and divisive accusations were being bandied about without a shred of credible evidence to support them. But I took solace in my assumption that, in spite of her frequent use of “we” rather than “I,” Frierson’s views were not—could not be—representative of the attitudes of other members of her group...

Author: By Zachary S. Podolsky, | Title: Quit the Race-Baiting, Kuumba | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

...comparison." At week's end, a boycott remained a strong possibility, but the English and Australian governments, cricket boards and teams were each waiting for one of the others to call the play. When sport is required to do more that it is designed to, the most frequent outcome is confusion

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On a Sticky Wicket | 1/5/2003 | See Source »

...unchanged for long periods, then undergo rapid bursts of change. His papers, essays, books and lectures brought Gould's wide-ranging intellect to the attention of the public--while burying his intellectual opponents under the weight of millions of words. Along the way, the politically left-wing scientist, in frequent and passionate writing on baseball, proved to admirers of George Will that conservatives have no monopoly on the love of our national sport. Gould delighted his fans and set his enemies' teeth gnashing, but even the latter had to admit he forced them to think. --By Michael D. Lemonick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People Who Left Us In 2002 | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

...life--he lived from 570 to 632--is probably the best documented of any leading religious figure's before modern times, at least partly because he was as much a politician in Arabia as the "founder" of a religion that now has more than 1 billion adherents. With frequent use of the words of Karen Armstrong, Muhammad's biographer, the film tells the story of his life--his birth in Mecca, his rise to prominence as an honest man and a successful merchant, his loving marriage to Khadija--leading up to the moment when, while he was meditating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Islam's Prophet Motive | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

...rather than pen are more likely to default. A major hotel chain discovered that guests who opted for X-rated flicks spent more money and were less likely to make demands on the hotel staff, according to privacy consultant Larry Ponemon. These low-maintenance customers were rewarded with special frequent-traveler promotions. Victoria's Secret stopped uniformly stocking its stores once MicroStrategy showed that the chain sold 20 times as many size-32 bras in New York City as in other cities and that in Miami ivory was 10 times as popular as black. Aspect Communications, based in San Jose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Reader | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

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