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...right for Apolo Ohno during his 2002 Winter Olympic debut. On the ice he won gold and silver medals in short-track speed skating, propelling the popularity of the hypnotically dangerous sport, in which athletes whirl around a 111-m oval with no lane markers while wearing 25-cm razor blades on their feet. Off the ice his wisp of a soul patch and X Games 'tude helped him dominate the event known as Olympic buzz. He was so popular in Salt Lake City that even female fans wore fake Ohno patches; afterward he was named one of People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Short Memories | 2/4/2006 | See Source »

...right for Apolo Ohno during his 2002 Winter Olympic debut. On the ice he won gold and silver medals in short-track speed skating, propelling the popularity of the hypnotically dangerous sport, in which athletes whirl around a 111-m oval with no lane markers while wearing 10-in. razor blades on their feet. Off the ice his wisp of a soul patch and X Games 'tude helped him dominate the event known as Olympic buzz. He was so popular in Salt Lake City that even female fans wore fake Ohno patches; afterward he was named one of PEOPLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Short Memories | 1/30/2006 | See Source »

...selling jewelry that would cost three times more in Manhattan. You'll find the same kind of savings in street fashion too. Check out the menswear at Brooklyn Industries, tel: (1-718) 789 2764, and cult denim labels like Yanük and phBnyc at Razor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Park Life | 1/28/2006 | See Source »

...selling jewelry that would cost three times more in Manhattan. You'll find the same kind of savings in street fashion too. Check out the menswear at Brooklyn Industries, tel: (1-718) 789 2764, and cult denim labels like Yanük and phBnyc at Razor, tel: (1-718) 832 0717. If you're jazzing up the house, you'll find big-ticket, mid-century modern furniture at Matter, tel: (1-718) 230 1150, and handcrafted pieces by Jonathan Adler and Angela Adams at Living, tel: (1-718) 499 0098. The eco-conscious should head for 3R Living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Park Life | 1/28/2006 | See Source »

...Tanzania they're encouraged to. How you cut an umbilical cord can determine whether a baby risks a fatal infection, but every culture has its own traditions. They cut with a coin for luck in Nepal and a stone in Bolivia, where they think if you use a razor blade the child will grow up to be a thief. There is no one solution to fit all countries, and so the model the Gates Foundation and Bono have embraced pulls in everyone, at every level. Think globally. Act carefully. Prove what works. Then use whatever levers you have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Good Samaritans | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

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