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An active self-promoter with a tendency to exaggerate, Watson embraces his image as a violent pirate. “We find it funny … that’s why we raise the Jolly Roger on our vessels,” he told me yesterday, while comparing himself...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Eco-Pirates | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

Nike may have perfected it, but celebrity sponsorship was the ticket to the top for both Adidas and the smaller Puma. Jets quarterback Joe Namath paraded around Manhattan in the 1970s in his swanky white Puma sneakers, and fans bought hundreds of thousands of pairs. Namath had an unprecedented deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

It is a Saturday and nearly noon in Bidor, Malaysia, a small rural town about 160 km north of the nation?s capital, Kuala Lumpur. The coffee shops are filling up with people, mostly rubber and oil palm farmers, many of whom roar into town in new Toyota and Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Malaysia's Election May Be Done Deal | 2/18/2008 | See Source »

Do you remember the climb vividly? I remember it pretty vividly. I remember we almost broke down on the Lhotse Face. George and I and the Sherpas were on the Lhotse Face, and we simply weren't making any progress for a week or so. I persuaded John to let...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with the Last Adventurer | 1/12/2008 | See Source »

After negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke down last Friday, the bitterness between the two already rancorous parties reached an all-time high. The producers issued an ultimatum, walked out and released a scathing statement: "While the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Writers' Strike: The Directors' Cut? | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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