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...last days of Pompeii has been the title of, among other things, a historical romance by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, a mini-series featuring Lesley-Anne Down and a porn flick starring one Candy Samples. It's hard to beat the location: the playground of the Roman aristocracy, a town swollen and oozing with corruption and decadence, conveniently located near a large, picturesque source of divine retribution. First sex, then violence--what's not to like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blast from the Past | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...announced that the markets weren't freaking out over Poe alone but were reacting to "a series of events over the last four weeks." Indeed: a band of congressmen tried (unsuccessfully) to impeach the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo saw a mini-exodus of officials, including respected Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho; kidnap gangs ran riot in Manila; power blackouts were predicted for vast stretches of the country. And the day Poe became a candidate, a shadowy group of soldiers released a manifesto threatening a coup if Arroyo didn't clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing His Part | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...listen to them, the “Sandwichgate” mini-controversy involving Parker, the Boston University coaching legend, eating his lunch in the stands during a Harvard practice before last spring’s NCAA tournament—much to Mazzoleni’s publicly-aired chagrin—is a dead issue...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard-BU: A Cross-town Rivalry On and Off the Ice | 11/25/2003 | See Source »

...miniature--yet fashionable--version of yourself, the world of Lilly Pulitzer was yours to choose from, and that was about it. No more. Last week Coach, a maker of luxury leather bags, shoes and accessories, joined Tod's, Moschino and Burberry in catering to upscale kids. Among Coach's mini-me offerings: a zip pack suitable for bringing a Game Boy surreptitiously to school ($98) and a C-print crusher hat ($68) that looks just like Mom's. Why cater to kids? David Lockwood, a manager at Mintel, a Chicago-based consumer-market researcher, says that while the overall clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Mini-Me Fashion | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...listen to them, the “Sandwichgate” mini-controversy involving Parker, the Boston University coaching legend, eating his lunch in the stands during a Harvard practice before last spring’s NCAA tournament—much to Mazzoleni’s publicly-aired chagrin—is a dead issue...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard-BU: A Cross-town Rivalry On and Off the Ice | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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