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From there Ross takes his mission higher - into the mountains. He builds a "reliquary," as he calls it, of postcards and liquor store stand-up displays of bikini-clad women. He blasts Hank Williams to attract converts. A magnetic personality, by degrees Ross's behavior becomes more peculiar. He and his troop stop using words and don't appear in daylight too often. Eventually their teeth turn sharp and canine-like and they spend time digging up bones from an old graveyard. Hence the steak Gareth is bringing for Ross. The snowglobe seems to be an attempt to amuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Served Chilled | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...crafts and sing-alongs rather than after-dark gallivanting. The venture, which targets the estimated 3 million U.S. families headed by gay parents, is being launched and funded by Rosie O'Donnell and her partner Kelli O'Donnell, along with travel entrepreneur Gregg Kaminsky. R Family's mission, says Kelli, is to offer getaways where "everyone is finally welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay-Family Cruises | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...January, his plan for inciting civil war through attacks on Iraqis. He was quickly blamed last week for the hotel bombing, which mimicked al-Qaeda's style. "I think he might be one of the leaders giving instructions," says Hertling. Catching al-Zarqawi is a "daily mission," says Kimmitt, but he adds that it probably wouldn't stop the extremists. He has seen signs that the old regime's loyalists are joining forces with Islamists who have the money and leaders to take on the U.S. In exchange, militants who belonged to the ousted Baath ruling party can provide safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's The Enemy Now? | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

Toward midnight, in an interview in a nondescript office in the Counterterrorist Center, a senior official describes a mission that is much closer to the Hollywood image of spy work: intense, often risky covert action against terrorists abroad. "Our job is to capture them and kill them," the official says. That means, he explains, taking action "at the direction of the President, by formal decree, clandestinely. Sometimes you're acting at his direction to change the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Threat Analysis: Decoding The Chatter | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...most churches they just preach and preach about how I ought to be a good Christian man. But what's so powerful about the Purpose-Driven ministry is it also teaches me how to do it." All Saddleback members must abide by strict covenants to tithe regularly, do mission work locally or abroad and live by Christian doctrines. "You can't just be a consumer here," Warren says. "You have to participate and contribute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Man With The Purpose | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

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