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...Expectations of international glory were dashed at last year's Sydney Olympics, when the Chinese team placed a disappointing 10th. To raise its game to the next level, officials realized the nation needed to send its best players abroad to rub shoulders with the world's greatest hoopsters, despite concerns that China's fledgling league might not withstand an exodus of its headliners. Although Wang had been selected by the Mavericks in the second round of the 1999 draft, his team?the army-run August 1 Rockets? had refused to let him go. Only this year, in the wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Hot Shot | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...there's any development that will rub Tomb Raider fans the wrong way, it's Croft's newfound pals. In the game, she operates alone. Now, perhaps, Croft has too many sidekicks. The spectral presence of her father (played by Jolie's real-life dad, Jon Voight) is a cute addition, but we could probably do without the cockney comic relief called Bryce (played by Noah Taylor, the teenage David Helfgott in Shine). At any rate, Jolie feels right at home in her strange new world. "All the reasons I'm right for this movie are all the reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch Out, Indiana, Here Comes Lara Croft | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...someone has broken into the house in the middle of the night. You know there is a killer waiting in the dark basement. You imagine him mounting the stairs with a knife in his hands. You finger the tiny glass cylinder of nitro as if it were Kryptonite. You rub the middle of your chest and feel the bumpy scars where the bone was wired back together after bypass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons Of A Bad Heart | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...there's any development that will rub Tomb Raider fans the wrong way, it's Croft's newfound pals. In the game, she operates alone. Now, perhaps, Croft has too many sidekicks. The spectral presence of her father (played by Jolie's real-life dad, Jon Voight) is a cute addition, but we could probably do without the cockney comic relief called Bryce (played by Noah Taylor, the teenage David Helfgott in "Shine"). At any rate, Jolie feels right at home in her strange new world. "All the reasons I'm right for this movie are all the reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watch Out, Indiana, Here Comes Lara Croft | 3/18/2001 | See Source »

...Evil Electricity Crackles Through The West Bank Town--The Sparks That Arise When Two Peoples Who Hate Each Other Rub Together. Time Sent Comic Journalist Joe Sacco There For Two Weeks. He Captured This Fresh, Provocative View

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hebron: A Look Inside | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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