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...Mather’s residents delude themselves into thinking that among River Houses, they are uniquely cursed by the blight of distance? Perhaps they are spoiled by the decadent luxury of having a personal “Mather Shuttle,” which exists solely for their benefit, lest they should sully their pristine soles by having to walk to class...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 10/10/2003 | See Source »

...Pentagon official told me the idea of reactivating the army is "naive"--which is ironic, given the Pentagon's willful naivete about postwar Iraq. But I suspect that all these options will be attempted in the coming months, lest George W. Bush face the electorate in 2004 as the President who presided over a severe degradation of the U.S. military and the diminution of America's reputation in the world--as the President who lost Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Losing Iraq? | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...Pentagon official told me the idea of reactivating the army is "naive"-which is ironic, given the Pentagon's willful naivete about postwar Iraq. But I suspect that all these options will be attempted in the coming months, lest George W. Bush face the electorate in 2004 as the President who presided over a severe degradation of the U.S. military and the diminution of America's reputation in the world-as the President who lost Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Losing Iraq? | 8/31/2003 | See Source »

Thus far Maguire has made a career out of playing dreamy-eyed kids. He was a desperate adolescent in The Ice Storm, an undergraduate wunderkind in Wonder Boys, an innocent Candide in The Cider House Rules, and lest we forget, a secretive high school super-nerd in last year's blockbuster Spider-Man. But don't confuse him with any of those losers in real life. Offscreen, Maguire is as tough as nails, managing his resume as well as any other star in Hollywood. Look at the arc of his career. It's as perfect as the part in Peter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tobey Grows Up | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...broadcast its samizdat message. (The station has no relationship with the environmental group of the same name.) On Greenpeace's unfettered airwaves, citizens could express proindependence views and criticize the then ruling Kuomintang (KMT). Many supporters called in at night, taking care to keep the lights off at home lest their neighbors suspect they may be taking part in the clandestine radio movement. "The station worked not only as a public-opinion medium," recalls Greenpeace head Chen Der-li, "but also as a command center to announce rally activities and to mobilize supporters to the democratic movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Waves | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

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