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...bottom line. But we never gave up. So no matter what you do or what you're in, if you always try, you are going to get what you want. The basic thing is to never give up." The message sounds fairly predictable, until he happens to mention what he hopes they got out of it. "I hope they do better," Fogle says. "And try to stay in something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nine Came Up. One Went Back | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...deterred by fears of terrorism, infectious disease, clogged road and air (and leg) arteries and the Continent's shaky economies. Some even suggest that Europe can't afford so many days off. Americans vacation on average 10.2 days a year, whereas in France workers get 30 days, not to mention another 11 public holidays. In Germany it's 24 days plus up to 15 public or religious holidays, while in Spain the combined total is 34 days. "We've undoubtedly reached the limit," said German Economic Minister Wolfgang Clement in June. "Those who compare our calendar of public holidays with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Escape | 7/27/2003 | See Source »

...organizers. Lasting four days, the San Diego Con, as it's known, spans nearly five football fields on two floors, hosting retailers, publishers, creators and fans. While it sounds like a comix Brigadoon, a magical island that appears just once a year, many in the comixcenti scowl at its mention, fuming at the mix of toys, models, movies, videogames, animation, trading cards, t-shirts and ancillary merchandise that they see as irrelevant junk. On assignment, your TIME.comix reporter was there for the first time, and has returned somewhat dazed but with a complex and not unpleasant experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of the Con | 7/25/2003 | See Source »

...said he died in a road accident. But the next day Betsy came across a statement from U.S. Central Command: "A U.S. Army 352nd Civil Affairs Command soldier died of wounds received July 1, when his convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad." It didn't mention Chris by name, but Betsy knew he was the only one in his unit to die that day. "I was shaken--I wanted to know what happened because I wanted to know what my husband went through," Betsy says. "Was he alone? Was someone he knew with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: A Soldier's Life | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...Universal Television Group chairman and could not get me into Neverland. I wrote Jackson an e-mail about my plans to serve as a curator who would contextualize Trio's role as a pop-culture arbiter and other phrases I remembered from the Matthew Barney exhibit. I didn't mention my real plan: to see if I could get ridiculous garbage on TV. Jackson liked the idea so much that Trio made the My Trio concept a quarterly gimmick, with Quentin Tarantino taking over in the fall. Tarantino got top billing on the press release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Life As A TV Executive | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

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