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...scenario is less a plot than a commercialized exploitation of primal material buried none too deep in mankind's collective unconscious and nowadays exploitable worldwide, down to the last plastic McDonald's mug. The hero with a thousand spin-offs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bound for Extinction | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...American college basketball as head coach at Indiana University, is much given to what commentaries on the Old Testament refer to as "ebullitions of wrath." Some of Bobby's ebullitions have been on display in television news clips the last couple of days: Coach Knight hurling a molded plastic chair the length of a basketball court; Coach Knight, displeased, putting a straight-arm Darth Vader chokehold on one of his own players. The papers have also showed shots of Coach Knight flourishing a bullwhip during a team practice, leading me to think that at least some of his ebullitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wrath of God and Bobby Knight | 5/17/2000 | See Source »

Many insisted they would return to protest. And some still defiantly wore their plastic handcuffs as they were ferried by fishermen back to the small island. They arrived to cheering crowds and celebratory flares. It's the kind of politics that Borinquen is learning to embrace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Guns of May, the Sounds of Countrymen | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

Walk into George W. Bush's office in Austin, Texas, and you can't miss the baseballs. Nearly 250 of them, collected since Bush was a child, fill two wooden cases along one wall. Each prize rests in its plastic cube displaying a superstar's scrawl. In the collection are bygone greats like pitcher Sandy Koufax and today's stars like Ken Griffey Jr. The light-blue signature of the legendary Stan Musial is barely legible on one dingy yellow ball. Most are bright white, though, including the one signed by both rival sluggers Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Diamonds Are for Bush | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

EROS ENVY Tired of men having all the fun? The FDA has approved something that may be a remedy. Not for the squeamish, the Eros Clitoral Therapy Device consists of a soft plastic cup (placed over you know where) and a palm-size battery-operated pump. By drawing blood to the clitoris, the device causes engorgement, a key to sexual arousal. In trials 80% of women with female sexual-arousal disorder reported experiencing sexual satisfaction, and 55% said they could reach orgasm more easily. The price of pleasure: $350--and a doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: May 15, 2000 | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

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