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...that year, and he played for the Kansas City Knights before Denver signed him again the following April. "My first start?against the Lakers at the Staples Center, when I was guarding Shaq?it kind of hit me that I had made it to the top of the pyramid," says McClintock, who in 22 minutes had NBA career highs of eight points and eight rebounds. "I thought I did O.K., but that night Shaq made 13 out of 13 free throws." It was McClintock's last NBA start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Would Be Ming | 2/2/2003 | See Source »

...poverty-stricken people into the modern era. After years of extreme isolationism, Kim is letting go of the ideology of Juche?Self-Reliance?and easing toward economic and political engagement. The zone could prove to be another of North Korea's grandiose white elephants, like the 105-story, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel that towers, unfinished, over the Pyongyang skyline. But if it works, new ideas and fresh money could spill over the city's whitewashed walls and cascade across the country's brainwashed citizens. "Once this succeeds," says a confident Yang, the new chief executive of the Sinuiju...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hermit Kingdom's Bizarre SAR | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...Cracking the Fat Riddle" provided much biological reasoning for American obesity but totally ignored the root cause of the problem: Americans are fat because they are fixated on indulging their every desire [Health, Sept. 2]. Laziness is practically a virtue in our society. It's not the food pyramid, not the wrong diet, not even the fast-food joints that are at fault. The blame lies with the individual who refuses to deny himself, educate himself and get off his rear. ANDRE GALLIATH Valencia, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 23, 2002 | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...every building in the sprawling compound in an effort to smoke out about 20 wanted militants who are holed up inside with Arafat and his aides. Curfews were tightened in Ramallah and other West Bank towns. MEANWHILE Curse Of The Mummy What lies at the dark heart of the Pyramid of Khufu? National Geographic TV broadcast live the 60-m ascent of a robot toward a mysterious chamber. Finally a door was reached. The robot drilled a hole and poked a periscope through to reveal - nothing but another door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 9/22/2002 | See Source »

Next: The food pyramid is due for a makeover. Look for it to grow more top-heavy, with fewer carbs, more oils. A food trapezoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brave New Rules | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

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