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...expressions on the locals' faces were priceless. The middle-aged men sitting around the bar--fully bearded pirates with crooked the teeth and beer bellies--looked satisfied with life and relaxed. Ditto for the women watching the movie intently...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Sailing Away to Buffetville | 8/16/1996 | See Source »

...next day Pollard and Johnson met at a hotel adjacent to Olympic Stadium and talked privately for 15 minutes. Johnson, who is about to reap endorsement bounty, graciously accepted an old warmup jacket from Pollard. Some things are priceless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHAEL JOHNSON: DOUBLE FAST | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

Still, in Olympic City you can get a chill from something other than a giant Coke bottle. In the Coliseum Tent there is an exhibit of "priceless artifacts" from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Whether it be Baron Pierre de Coubertin's saber or Jesse Owens' track shoe or a medal from the first Games in Athens, the artifacts can do a better job of transporting you to the Olympics than, say, the mountain-biking simulation. The museum pieces are not only keepsakes of the Games' history, but also reminders that this city has been handed a glorious legacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: READY...OR NOT? | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...really think anyone is searching for Jesus? If he were found, there would be hell to pay. Theologians would go out of business, and thousands of priceless works of art would have to be redone. I hope whoever finds the "real" Jesus first will be smart enough to forget about the discovery and let the rest of us continue believing in our own private and comfortably familiar version of the man. MICHAEL JANSSEN Melbourne, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 6, 1996 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...police inspector who races around in a 1970 Barracuda and combats the bad guys with tough talk ("I don't give a damn about you boys--but this guy, his ass is mine"), swift kicks and an occasional disabling spritz of WD-40 right to the eye. In a priceless nod to nostalgia, Bridges is played by TV's best-known exemplar of rose-tinted crime fighting--yes, Don Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: MANNIX LIVES! | 4/8/1996 | See Source »

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