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...defensive coaches of the opposing New York Jets, trying to steal their signs. As punishment, the Pats were stripped of future draft picks and fined, as was Belichick. Across the nation, sports writers wagged their fingers. Editorials called Belichick a disgrace. And us fans? Well, when Belichick's mug appeared on the video screen just before the Pats' second game, the hometown crowd cheered so loudly and so long that Belichick actually waved. Some diehards unveiled a banner reading "In Bill We Trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil in Every Fan | 9/19/2007 | See Source »

...He’s our guardian, he’s getting twenty bucks an hour back there” said Staff, gesturing at a sizable—and surprisingly lifelike—cardboard cut-out of the mug-wielding colonial beer-shill Samuel Adams, Class...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Textbook Price-Saving Site Endures | 9/12/2007 | See Source »

...stints, Christian Slater's 59-day stay behind bars on assault charges in 1998 and Lindsay Lohan's alleged coke-fueled car chase this summer all followed a pattern of prior troublesome behavior. Each performer was known to have spent time in treatment for addiction. For these celebrities, a mug shot somehow seems as appropriate a career visual as a red carpet wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Darker Side of Owen Wilson | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

...change?someone to look left when everyone else is looking right. In the worlds of style and design, change can often be subtle and almost imperceptible and yet still have a tremendous impact on our daily lives. Designers, architects, curators, cooks?they can change the shape of a coffee mug, change the way we live, change the way we see or change the way we eat. We may not even notice until we wake up and realize that something is in fact very different about the way we dress or how we live or what we're eating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Always Looking Ahead | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

Design can sometimes seem pretty mundane?how hard is it to change the shape of a coffee mug??but often the most random life experiences can inspire grand ideas. Witness the way John Mackey, a six-time college dropout, changed his diet (from meat eater to vegetarian) and in doing so envisioned the nation's first natural-food market, which he eventually built into Whole Foods, a $9 billion business that has revolutionized the food industry. Similarly and against terrific odds, inspiration is what propelled ceramicist Eva Zeisel out of prison, where she had been confined on false accusations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Always Looking Ahead | 8/17/2007 | See Source »

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