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...between $5 and $25 apiece, depending on the country. Do the math. Indeed, the International Ice Hockey Federation in Zurich has already warned clubs against overspending. "Many clubs are treating this extraordinary situation as if there was no tomorrow," says spokesman Szymon Szemberg. "It's like pennies from heaven. Nobody can really blame you for stuffing your pockets, but you shouldn't adjust your lifestyle according to this." Szemberg says increased ticket sales and sponsorship are unlikely to cover the extra cost of the players. Can this reunion last past the NHL lockout? Russian hockey legend Alexei Kasatonov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have Puck, Will Travel | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

...What would the Buddha say to an unemployed young man in Bihar today? Almost nothing about God, heaven or the afterlife. As Mishra points out, the Buddha "either ignored or denied just about every piety?God, soul, eternity?that was current in his time and was to form the basis of many subsequent religions." His promise to his followers was not salvation in heaven but an end to suffering on earth, if they reined in their desires. At the heart of the Buddha's message is the idea that humans do not possess a steady, unchanging self; instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of Buddha | 1/3/2005 | See Source »

...Michael Jordan is God, then Phil Knight put him in heaven. By paying Jordan and other athletes millions to endorse his shoes, the chairman and CEO of Nike has helped turn them into household names ... [Knight] is the master of the mantra of the age ('Just Do It') and the proprietor of Nike's unmistakable swoosh, the icon that has turned the lowly sneaker into winged sandals ... Knight's stars are frontiersmen, exponents of an in-your-face brand of American optimism. And thus sports, as Knight has asserted, are 'the culture of the U.S.' By exporting the culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/18/2004 | See Source »

...probably make s___y choices in the future, I'm sure," he continues. "You need a Heaven's Gate in there once in a while," he says, referring to the legendary film flop. "But what thrills me right now is disappearing into a role that matters, in movies that matter." Of course, DiCaprio is too rich, too pretty and too famous to ever disappear completely, but if he will never quite be a character actor, at least he is on his way to being an actor with character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Leo: Portrait of the Young Man as an Artist | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Using the forest “is like dropping into science heaven,” Tuross said...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For Anthropology Class, Into the Woods | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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