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...between Manhattan and Brooklyn, Century is an enthusiastic guide to polyglot and polychrome New York City. When outlaw and author first met nearly seven years ago at a lower Manhattan nightclub, K was trying to make it as a hip-hop lyricist and performer. He had the look (270 lbs. of muscular intimidation draped in clothing loose enough to conceal an arsenal) and a showman's instincts. In the book his stage name is American Dread, suggesting both the nation's historical fear of black uprisings and Jamaica's popular hairstyle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hoods and Hustlers | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...know BILL GOLDBERG as the Sandy Koufax of wrestling or the man who enters the ring blowing smoke through his nostrils, but you probably don't think of him as 285 lbs. of pure animal lover. Last week, however, Goldberg traded in his bikini briefs and leather boots for a suit and went to Capitol Hill to protest cockfighting and dogfighting. "I know when I step into the ring, that's my choice," he testified at a congressional briefing, "but these animals, they have no choice." Goldberg says Steve Largent, the Representative from his home state of Oklahoma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 15, 1999 | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...team was also hurt by the absence of junior Joey Killar, whose impressive moves at 165-lbs have made him one of the Crimson's leading wrestlers this season. Killar aggravated a rib injury he suffered at Stanford, and the timetable for his return has not been determined...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 24 Wrestling Splits With Army, Lehigh | 2/3/1999 | See Source »

...upside--that his young daughter continues to live with him. As the men talk, a changing landscape of fancy houses, junkyards, suburbs and woods unscrolls on either side of them. Two football fields away, over Duley's shoulder, the blue jackstaff light marks the front end of 45 million lbs. of cargo that the boat they are on, the Michael J. Grainger, is pushing up the Ohio River. Black water purls gently off bargesides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roll Away, Roll Away | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...study released last week, obese dieters taking the drug Orlistat lost more weight (19 lbs.) in the first year than dieters taking a placebo (13 lbs.) The drug also helped them keep the weight off. Side effects include cramps and "fecal incontinence." The drug awaits FDA approval in the U.S. but is now being sold in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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