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Annenberg also enjoyed close ties to U.S. presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower onward. In 1969, Richard Nixon named Annenberg ambassador to the United Kingdom. Ronald and Nancy Reagan used to frequent his California estate. In 1986, Annenberg was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Donor, Media Magnate Dies | 10/2/2002 | See Source »

...head for a while," he says. "I have dozens in there, songs from eight years ago that I've written but never recorded. After a while, I just sort of decide to record them." In early 2002, Beck drifted back to the breakup tunes and called his frequent producer, Nigel Godrich. A few weeks later, Sea Change was finished. "Everything with him is that simple," says Godrich, "because unlike most people, he always seems to know exactly what he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beck Gets (Kind Of) Blue | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

Today's pilots are among the most closely watched and regulated professionals in any industry. They must pass a rigorous physical twice a year, undergo frequent safety checks and endure random drug and alcohol tests, and they are constantly monitored by other pilots, airline management and even flight-data recorders. As long ago as 1981, a National Institute on Aging study concluded that there was no medical basis for the FAA's age-60 limit. A 1993 report sponsored by the FAA itself found that older pilots performed as well as younger ones. Europe's aviation agency adjusted its standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is 60 Too Old? | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...owes his position to the powerful defense minister, Mohammed Qasim Fahim, it's possible others in the defense minister's circle perceive Akbar as a political rival. As the general's staff pointed out, U.S. officers and senior brass from the International Security Assistance Force that protects Kabul are frequent visitors to his busy headquarters. It suggests a level influence likely to cause jealousy in the internecine world of Afghan military affairs. "It was someone out to get the general," an aide said, dismissing the notion of terrorist involvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Shortage of Suspects in Kabul Bombing | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...visited the kids to show them how well prosthetic limbs could work. Cohen and his wife weren't sure they would ever return to Kfar Darom. The terror strikes kept mounting. The big suicide bombings in Israel's cities grabbed the headlines, but attacks on settlers were far more frequent. Of the 624 Israelis killed in the intifadeh, a disproportionately high 125 were settlers, and 70 were Israeli soldiers who died protecting them. Still, the Cohens felt a religious and national duty to ignore the dangers. So they returned to find Kfar Darom's population had increased. The settlement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Home to Gaza | 9/29/2002 | See Source »

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