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...much for going gently into that good night. Four months after a tearful press conference that left an entire state of Cheeseheads in mourning, storied Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre announced he wants to return from retirement. The only problem: the Packers might be ready to wrap up his legacy, even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Un-Retirement | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...cycling in 1996 to battle cancer and returned to win seven consecutive Tour de France titles. Other stars have re-emerged to save a struggling franchise, like Michael Jordan, who proclaimed his 1995 return to the Chicago Bulls after a failed bid at pro baseball with a two-word press release: "I'm back." The deathless Rocky franchise aside, the "sweet science" seems to specialize in sequels: Muhammad Ali re-entered the ring three years after the New York State Boxing Commission revoked his license for refusing to fight in Vietnam, while George Foreman, who quit boxing in 1974, became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of: Un-Retirement | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...White House press corps is a temperamental group, and by the spring of 2006 its attitude toward George W. Bush and his past two press secretaries was, at best, hostile: the first, Ari Fleischer, had proved capable but combative; the second, Scott McClellan, had inadvertently misled the press about the White House's role in the leak of a CIA officer's identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tony Snow | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...respectful, even helpful, to reporters on the beat. His experience as a Fox News broadcaster and radio personality was obvious; his quick wit and verbal dexterity made him fun to spar with, while his grasp of complicated policy details made him remarkably effective. The clincher for a skeptical press corps was his disarming honesty. When he didn't have an answer, he said the rarest words in Washington: "I don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tony Snow | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Asani said he is currently working on a book titled "Infidel of Love: Exploring Muslim Understandings of Islam," which is slated to be published by Harvard University Press next year...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Asani Offered Tenure, But Considers Leaving Harvard | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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