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...burgeoning international interest in sepak takraw won't catapult their players into the stratospheric income brackets of a Thierry Henry or Kobe Bryant, but it could turn them into decently paid professionals. At present, a top player in the Thai league, the sport's most developed, will earn a rough maximum of $15,000 for a four-month season. A true god of the game like Thai veteran Suebsak Phunsueb-considered sepak takraw's top player for the past several years-might be able to supplement that with advertisements and media work, but he's still no Beckham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: By Leaps and Bounds | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...rough," said one male inmate awaiting transfer. "Like a jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela's U.N. for Drug Traffickers | 5/15/2007 | See Source »

...people who know Brown best doubt that he'll ever metamorphose into the kind of confessional charmer the public would like enough to stand a round of drinks at their local pub. Some of his supporters pray he won't try, perceiving in his rough-diamond personality a much-needed antidote to the mounting public cynicism that has blighted Blair's final years. Morris, for one, hopes for an era of "politics done differently. If Labour has had a failure since 1997, it's that we've let that trust and openness with the public go." Brown himself suggests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question Of Character | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

...their rearview mirrors and Bratz dolls and Britney up ahead. It goes hand in hand with a vast genre of empowered-princess books (Princess Smartypants, The Princess Knight) for parents who'd rather their daughters dream of soccer balls than royal balls. As for the boys? Jocks have a rough time of it (a handsome prince is the villain of Shrek the Third and the buffoon in N'Ever After), supplanted by gangly emo types--fairyland Adam Brodys. "Charming" is redefined rather than repealed--Justin Timberlake voices Third's cute-boy hero Arthur--but at least that's some progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Shrek Bad for Kids? | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

Brown looks like it will indeed be Harvard’s main competitor for the overall title, with its only dual race loss this season coming from the Crimson on a very rough Charles River. On a calmer day, on water that is less familiar to both teams, it’s all to play for the Bears...

Author: By Alexandra C. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top-Ranked Heavies, Lights Sprint to Finish | 5/10/2007 | See Source »

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