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...sister on either side of the net. Though they demolish opponents with fearsome regularity, their performances against each other have been inconsistent. Conspiracy theorists have a field day whenever they play each other, speculating that the result has been decided in advance. In their defense, Italian former player Lea Pericoli recently said, "For two friends [to compete] it can be difficult. For two from the same country, very difficult. For sisters, impossible." Maybe that is what made the Roland Garros match so error-strewn. The statistics showed just how disappointing the match was. In the 149 points of the match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sisters Do a One and Two | 6/16/2002 | See Source »

...real scandal in the church is how the hierarchy has swept under the rug the actions of pedophile priests. Being homosexual should not be equated with being a pedophile. This misleading connotation is causing great pain to many gays and to innocent priests. JOYCE RHODY Albert Lea, Minn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 10, 2002 | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

Fastow is married to a woman he met at Tufts, Lea Weingarten, whose family built a supermarket and real estate empire based in Houston. They were not social climbers, for good reason. "Lea is from an old Houston family," says Marti Mayo, executive director of the Contemporary Arts Museum. "She didn't need to move anywhere. She was there." For most of the Roaring Nineties, the Fastows did not play the power couple; instead they lived like other professionals in the West University area and raised two children. They worked together at Enron's finance divisions in the early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speak No Evil | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

Their passion is modern art, and they donated $25,000 to the Menil Collection, one of the city's contemporary-art museums. They were accumulating edgy contemporary art--not just for themselves but also for Enron's new 40-story Cesar Pelli skyscraper. Lea took charge of the firm's art purchases, which included sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Martin Puryear. The Fastows had plans to be big givers; they channeled $4.5 million, reaped from a $25,000 investment in one of his deals, to the Fastow Family Foundation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speak No Evil | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

...Their passion is modern art, and they donated $25,000 to the Menil Collection, one of the city's contemporary-art museums. They were accumulating edgy contemporary art--not just for themselves but also for Enron's new 40-story Cesar Pelli skyscraper. Lea took charge of the firm's art purchases, which included sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Martin Puryear. The Fastows had plans to be big givers; they channeled $4.5 million, reaped from a $25,000 investment in one of his deals, to the Fastow Family Foundation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Fastow Helped Enron Fall | 2/10/2002 | See Source »

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