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...life, as in sports, the best defense is a good offense, especially backed by capable lawyers. In court papers filed last week, former Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan, who now plays for the Washington Wizards, accused Karla Knafel of attempting to extort $5 million from him to keep their onetime affair a secret. Jordan acknowledged that he had a liaison with Knafel more than 10 years ago, though it was not specified when the relationship started or whether he was married at the time. He also admits having paid her $250,000 in hush money, but says that when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 4, 2002 | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

...from the store: a Japanese straight perm can take up to eight hours in the salon and cost as much as $700. "Some straight perms are done with a hot iron and are very time consuming, and some are done with chemicals and are less time consuming," explains Karla Newgarden-Takahara, a stylist at the Manhattan salon Space. "For my clients, I usually recommend the milder one. It's a lot less time, and it's a lot less money." She doesn't recommend, however, that most women make their hair straight: "Most people don't look that great with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting It Straight: Hair Today | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

...convinced that Walker has no idea what it means to be an American. KARLA MCLEAN Nipomo, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 14, 2002 | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

None of these Canadian virtues, however, excuse Laxer for the dud of a critique he has written about the U.S. He visits the Michigan Militia, Republican political rallies, an abortion clinic and the execution of Texas’s prettiest psychopath, Karla Faye Tucker. He is typically Canadian in his incredulity at the American right wing, particularly at its overt courtship of fundamentalist Christians. He mocks the diminutive Christian zealot Gary Bauer, who ran for president in 2000. Executions are rejected as illogical and bloodthirsty; the militia leader is simply psychotic. And he points out a few nonpolitical neuroses...

Author: By Graeme Wood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New American Way: Only Food And Guns | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

...When asked in the past what had been his biggest mistake in life, he didn't cite anything weightier than trading away Sammy Sosa from the Texas Rangers. Although he says he was quoted out of context, he was described in a profile as making fun of condemned murderer Karla Faye Tucker as if she were begging him to spare her life: "'Please,' Bush whimpered, his lips pursed in mock desperation, 'Don't kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why This Test Helps Bush | 6/12/2000 | See Source »

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