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Among other wrestlers who kept busy during the break, freshman Joseph Turilli was selected by his hometown of North Kingstown, R.I. to carry the Olympic torch for three-tenths of a mile in Providence...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jentzen Carries Wrestling at Midlands National Tourney | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

...rather walk a mile in my city's downtown section than drive my car through it. No matter how well it is marketed, the Segway is little more than an expensive toy. RICARDO CAMPOS Viseu, Portugal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 31, 2001 | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

...group heads for the Tribeca Grand, a boutique hotel less than a mile north of the Trade Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We're Under Attack | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

After 9/11, some of Bush's starchy unilateralism and a lot of his indifference to foreign affairs went out the window. Bush had to have Pakistan in his corner if he was to isolate bin Laden. The country's 1,500-mile border with Afghanistan had to be shut to keep al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters from fleeing across it--no easy task, and a goal that wasn't achieved. And the Pentagon would need Pakistan's airspace for military overflights and its bases for refueling planes and staging assault troops and rescue operations. "You just look at the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The War Room | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

...escape. Orange fireballs bounced through the valleys of the White Mountains. Navy SEALS and Green Berets massed on the ground, shawls wrapped around their heads, lasers in hand, guiding the B-1s and B-52s overhead. Snipers capable of putting a slug into a dime from more than a mile away waited for the call. Afghan Alliance commanders may have been willing to negotiate a surrender, but the U.S. special forces were there to get a job done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Payback Time | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

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