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...longtime Western students to a Tibetan monastery in Bir, India, to shoot The Cup, a film based on the true story of the young resident monks' impious obsession with World Cup football. "Buddhism is their philosophy," read the posters. "Soccer is their religion." The Cup employed not a single professional actor. Most of the characters played themselves, and Khyentse Norbu shot the whole piece without ever fully explaining to the cast members that they were re-enacting their own story. "Everyone knew me at the monastery. Everyone was comfortable with me," he says. "And that made it relatively easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The God of Small Films | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

When Henry Miller arrived in Paris in 1930, he was immediately impressed by one aspect of the French capital's street life. "Montmartre is simply lousy with whores," he noted on his first Sunday in town. "They sit in the cafés and beckon to you from the window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking It off the Street | 1/26/2003 | See Source »

Brown invited each of the officers who test-drove the car to e-mail him with their opinions of its performance. While most reactions were generally positive, some HUPD officials voiced complaints that were specific to their profession.

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HUPD Car Tests Out Natural Gas Power | 1/22/2003 | See Source »

$452,000 Annual salary that members of the government's new auditing board, charged with overseeing the accounting profession, voted to pay themselves

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jan. 20, 2003 | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

Heart disease is one of a long list of illnesses that worsen with depression. People with such afflictions as cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and osteoporosis all appear to run a higher risk of disability or premature death when they are clinically depressed. The effect is potentially so significant that the medical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Depression: The Power of Mood | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

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