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...coup the pro-basketball press had long anticipated, documenting her attempts at dunks, even in practice. The move brought the crowd to its feet and thrilled Leslie's teammates, but it was still just two points and could not rescue the game: the Sparks lost 82-73. "The ladies messed up a historic moment in WNBA history," lamented their coach Michael Cooper. But the loss seems unlikely to mess up Leslie's prospects for scoring some truly historic cash in footwear endorsements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 12, 2002 | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...keeps the peace. Or, to put it in less flattering terms, the Americans make the dinner, and the Europeans do the dishes. But with the Bush Administration serving up the prospect of a fresh invasion of Iraq, Europeans are increasingly alarmed at the size of the mess they might be asked to clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

...intimidate an employee (by telling him to stand on one leg on a chair while listing African countries) and whether a black man will ever be able to kiss a white woman onscreen (we won't say). All this local intelligence supports the view that people make a mess of their lives, then try to clean up by sweeping that mess under a rug of propriety, hostility or banter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: A Swim in Lake Me | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

...flour. The hounds or "harriers," would set off soon after, in hopes of "capturing" the hare before he finished the trail. The reward at the end of the run, whether or not the hare was caught, was cold beer for all. The group would start out from the company mess hall, dubbed the "hash house" for its dubious cuisine, and soon became known as the Hash House Harriers. They drafted a charter that to this day is still closely followed: to promote fitness among members, to get rid of weekend hangovers, to acquire a good thirst and to satisfy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Beer Doesn't Run Out | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

What investors were displaying was uncertainty: not knowing how many more corporate scandals would surface and not trusting that anyone in Washington was doing anything meaningful to clean up the mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Verdict | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

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