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...their picture taken with the celebrity. The star allegedly called out to the crowd, "You call this a party? Where's all the alcohol?" The kids then produced glasses of liquor they had been concealing. According to the accuser, the football star began a game called "the drinking Ping-Pong," in which the loser chugged a drink. Later, after the kids and the athlete warmed up in the hot tub, the 17-year-old girl ended up in a bathroom with him. She claims he had beckoned her in, and she followed because she did not know what he wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Path of A Falling Star | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...legal particulars aside, the vigorous and attentive grillings of both sides showed, refreshingly, that whatever its failings, our Supreme Court is a body based less on partisan agendas than on the principle of being skeptical, contrary cusses, knocking around those who would dare petition them like ping-pong balls. Some cameras-in-the-courts detractors say that's why it's useless to broadcast SCOTUS hearings live: Under this questioning, even for lawyers it's often impossible to tell whose side the adversarial judges are really on until they rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The SCOTUS With the Mostus | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...media hospitality tent is being run by local icon Anheuser Busch and comes complete with ping-pong and hockey tables, although surprisingly (this being St. Louis), the bar isn't yet serving at 9 a.m. Some Gore staffers ping and pong for a bit, then head out. All part of a subdued, but still business-as-usual, walkup to the debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life — and the Debate — Goes On | 10/17/2000 | See Source »

...child of divorce, and I consider myself blessed. My parents acted like civilized adults when it came to me. They didn't use me as a Ping-Pong ball or as a vehicle to hurt each other. This is the key: what matters is not the divorce but how the parents act in the aftermath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 16, 2000 | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

...suburban apartment and said good morning to her husband, the very large, very injured shot-putter C.J. Hunter. Meanwhile, at the Olympic Village in Homebush, 10,000 young athletes were being shuttled to competitions. They were busily proving that Korean women sure can shoot arrows, that Ping-Pong isn't just kid stuff, that while Americans and Australians still rule swimming, the Dutch and Italians are bearing down. Off the clock, these athletes were buying souvenirs, taking pictures, going to pubs--living the Olympic experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Flyers | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

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