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...those days," she says. "So we decided to take pictures of them in the jerseys they wore in the Super Bowls." Easier said than done, however. Former Minnesota Viking Alan Page of Super Bowl XI, now a special assistant to the Minnesota attorney general, and former Los Angeles Ram Fred Dryer of Super Bowl XIV, now an actor on the TV series Hunter, were not interested in re-creating their gridiron days. "I appealed to Dryer's sportsmanship and persuaded Page by telling him to pretend he was being photographed for the Pro Football Hall of Fame," says Golon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter from the Publisher: Jan. 27, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...most ardent alien chaser jumped into a helicopter and rode along as it sent a piercing searchlight across the hills and arroyos south of San Diego. Then he scrambled into a pickup truck and peered through a nightscope to watch his agents tear through the chaparral in Dodge Ram Charger "war wagons" to overtake groups of Mexicans trying to sneak into the U.S. Later, he proudly counted the day's total arrests: 2,643 illegal immigrants. Nudging a companion, Ezell declared, "Isn't this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration's Happy Warrior | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...What? No, no, son. We're going to try to win this game." Singletary appears strangely civilized out of uniform, which is more than Tackle Steve McMichael and End Dan Hampton can say. Most of his statements are as direct as a third-and-one collision with battering Ram Eric Dickerson. "To be honest, I didn't like Buddy very much at first, but there's nothing I wouldn't do for him now. When he comes up to you and says, 'I guess I had you wrong. I really thought you could do the job,' you like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago Bears: Sweetness and Might | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...were always thumping, fiddling. They were blunt, ungraceful hands, Kennedy recalled, but strong, so quick. "You're an old country, we're a young country," blurted Khrushchev. "Look across the table," retorted Kennedy, "and you will see that we are not so old." One moment Khrushchev was a battering ram determined to end the irritation of West Berlin, a threatened democratic enclave in the midst of Communist East Germany. The next, he was country cracker. Kennedy's cigar match went wild and landed behind Khrushchev's chair. "Are you trying to set me on fire?" snorted Khrushchev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When History Reaches a Peak | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...market in India is changing fast. Since private broadcasters were first allowed in 1991, the number of channels available on TV screens has gone from 1 to 129. Some in the media see cutthroat competition leading the entire industry into bad habits. Says the Hindu's Ram: "Other people are bound to follow. And while we'll fight, it'll be hard. It's an odd situation where we don't report what people are talking about." Media commentator Dilip Cherian agrees: "We've crossed the Rubicon. This is the beginning of the tabloidization of the Indian media...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Goes Undercover | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

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