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...real life in the southern state of Karnataka, the bandit is playing out a much more riveting drama. Sunday, July 30, in a caper that could have come from a movie script, Veerappan led a dozen fellow bandits into the home of Rajkumar, 73, an ailing film icon, chattily asked Rajkumar's wife if she recognized him (she did, later recalling his unmissable mustache) and handed her an audiotape of his demands. He then took the actor, a brother-in-law and two other business associates into the forest where Veerappan has hidden out for more than two decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Real-Life Drama | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...DEMONSTRATE about the death penalty at the corner of 13th and Locust, where death-row inmate and liberal icon Mumia Abu-Jamal exchanged gunfire with slain police officer Danny Faulkner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Notebook: The Other Streets Of Philadelphia | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

...TUMBLE 4 YA") GEORGE AGE: 39 OCCUPATION: deejay/'80s icon BEST PUNCH: After commenting on his former friend's wrinkles, the former Culture Clubber said the actor "looks like a crocodile handbag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 31, 2000 | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...years in prison. He is genuinely remorseful and intent on reforming his life. Robert Boyle's decision to leave his position as president of Riverkeeper came after he was informed that the board would remove him from that office for reasons unrelated to Wegner's hiring. Boyle is an icon of the environmental movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 31, 2000 | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

Created in 1925, the Giant started out looking more like a scowling dwarf, and he wasn't even green. Years later, this hunky mascot was named the third most recognizable icon of the 20th century by Advertising Age (behind the Marlboro Man and Ronald McDonald). His role was diminished in 1991, but the Giant resurfaced last August in a new print campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whole New Shelf Life | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

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