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...Greer made her point with a sustained, supercilious sneer that gracelessly combined ignorance with exhibitionist pseudo-erudition. "The film-makers maintain that the ray that took Irwin out" - nice touch, that, took him out, like a hit man hired by vengeful Mother Nature - "was a 'bull ray,' or Dasyatis brevicaudata," she writes, "but this is not usually found as far north as Port Douglas." Sniff. Is that a whiff of Google in the air? Biology lesson over, Greer flicks her tail and begins sticking her own barbs into the man. She relives the incident when he fed a crocodile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of the Crocodile Hunter | 9/7/2006 | See Source »

...Greer makes her point with a sustained, supercilious sneer that gracelessly combines ignorance with exhibitionist pseudo-erudition. "The film-makers maintain that the ray that "took Irwin out" - nice touch, that, took him out, like a hit man hired by vengeful Mother Nature - "was a 'bull ray,' or Dasyatis brevicaudata," she writes, "but this is not usually found as far north as Port Douglas." Sniff. Is that a whiff of Google in the air? Biology lesson over, Greer flicks her tail and begins sticking her own barbs into the man. She relives the incident when he fed a crocodile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense of the Crocodile Hunter | 9/7/2006 | See Source »

...Bill Ford never appeared all that comfortable running his namesake company. An avowed environmentalist, he tried unsuccessfully to turn Ford into a green car leader and was forced to backtrack as the company's finances fizzled. In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW. In an interview last winter with TIME, he acknowledged that he found the CEO's role confining at times. And it has been clear for some time that he wanted out. In a press conference a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation" | 9/6/2006 | See Source »

...free agency because the Bidwills didn't want to pay up. Comparing his Broncos careerhe was 13-3 last season with his Cardinals stint, Plummer says consistency makes all the difference. "I've had the same linemen in front of me for the last three years. Keeping a nice, tight group of guys goes a long way toward winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Changing The Play | 9/6/2006 | See Source »

...metal bleacher seats at Sun Devil Stadium, when the team moved to Arizona in 1988, to poor choices in coaches, free agents and draft picks. "I think he's been very misunderstood because he hasn't felt comfortable speaking up," says Michael, who describes his father as a nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Changing The Play | 9/6/2006 | See Source »

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