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...Jean's youngest brother. Orlando lives upstairs in his mother's house because, he says, he feels he has to look after her. He has created his own immaculate world out of his boyhood room. Between the Smurf doll and the baseball trophies he has set up a big-screen TV and framed photos of his family. When he quietly leaves each day for his job running a city recreation center, he locks his bedroom door. He has never told Jean that he disapproves of him. He says Jean "didn't choose to have a drug problem or whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outside The Gates | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

Foxx is best known as a comedian--on TV's In Living Color and The Jamie Foxx Show, and he's appeared in half a dozen mostly forgettable big-screen comedies. But he started getting serious in 1999 with a bravura performance as an ego-driven quarterback in Oliver Stone's football drama, Any Given Sunday. "Chris Tucker beat me to the slot of big comedy," he says. "Chris Rock has his own slot. Will's got his slot. So do Martin Lawrence and all those guys. I got lucky in getting the chance to do something dramatic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Jamie Foxx | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

...other activities. At the end of the year, kids in the special program had gained an average of 2 lbs. less than the control group. Obesity experts recommend that parents remove the television from their children's rooms and set strict limits on time spent in front of a screen, including the computer. Giving kids alternatives to zoning out in front of a screen is key, says Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Heavy, Too Young | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

...explosives." According to the directive, all checked bags will be subject to one of four security measures: bomb sniffing dogs, searches by hand, tests for explosives, or at the very least, matched with a passenger on board the plane. And while the first three options provide a fairly good screen against terrorists, the last one is not exactly foolproof - it's hardly a deterrent for a suicide bomber to have his own bomb-toting luggage on the plane. It is also the measure most likely to be employed at the majority of airports, at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Security: Deadline Met? | 1/17/2002 | See Source »

...goal was Packard’s seventh of the year and was assisted by sophomore defenseman Kenny Smith and junior forward Brett Nowak. The key play on the goal, however, was the effective screen provided by sophomore defenseman Dave McCulloch, who not only cut off Lombard’s view, but also lifted a defenseman’s stick off the ice to stop a potential blocked shot...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Stumbling Against Tigers, M. Hockey Rallies | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

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