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...been glamorous was during the British Raj. In the course of a typical day, an officer of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) might have been called upon to judge a case in which a jealous husband had chopped off his wife's nose, arrange for rice to reach a famine-stricken town, meet a local maharajah for tea, and then wind down by heading off into the jungle to shoot a panther. Then again, everything about the ICS was extraordinary?not least, the immense power wielded by an astonishingly small bureaucracy: in 1901, about 1,000 ICS officers administered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Few Good Men | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

...closer so we can talk," Reinado says. "They don't stop. So I give them a countdown or I shoot. They keep coming, so I shoot." Outnumbered and outgunned, he and eight of his men fought for nine hours before managing to withdraw into the steep hills, beyond the reach of government forces. One man was badly wounded, and died on the way back to Aileu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE REBEL COMMANDER "They Know Where to Find Me" | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

...reach its goal, Panasonic has to make copper come a cropper--and beat the bunny. It is going to be one nasty encounter. Duracell and Energizer, which enjoy about 29% and 25% market share, respectively, are two of the best-marketed brands in the U.S. Duracell, a.k.a. "the CopperTop battery," now owned by Procter & Gamble, has won five Effie Awards since 1992 for most effective ad campaign. As for Energizer, part of Energizer Holdings, its roaming pink bunny is a marketing icon. The 17-year-old Energizer Bunny is part of the vernacular, used to describe anything that continues relentlessly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out to Beat the Bunny | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...about realistic female characters instead of bouncy, skinny, half-naked ones? I've given up playing female characters in any game because of how they look. Does anyone really believe female warriors ran around wearing little more than a metal brassiere? If Nintendo is serious about wanting to reach the female audience, it should treat us with some respect. We like questing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 5, 2006 | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...sure, I've been looking for escapes and ways to vary my reach. I do want to vary my song as much as I can while I'm still singing. Because I won't be singing forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Master in a Brave New World | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

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