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...truckling to The Man and, as so often in films of the era, an astonishingly blithe and racist narrative wherein all enemies of the British colonials are mad cult leaders with snake pits and strange gods. The mad cult leaders are played by scrawny Jewish character actors darkened with shoe polish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And the Best Picture for 1950 Is.... | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...where parents, in different days, cheered their children. The 118 bodies are gone, carted to a field outside town and buried. But signs of the massacre remain. Four circles of bonfire ash are dotted with personal effects of the victims: a rifled plastic wallet, a tube of lipstick, the shoe of a very small child on which Tweety Bird still cavorts under a coating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Killing Field | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

Ghosh, Karlen, and Abraham will all likely finish the season ranked in the top-ten and earn First Team All-America honors. Patterson, Bullock, and Gray Witcher should be shoe-ins for Second Team All-America status...

Author: By Jared R. Small, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Abraham Leads Squash's Strong Showing at Individuals | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...determines the quality of your team and your equipment. Before the race you say something blandly reassuring to your wife--"Hey, I'll see you in a while"--then get into your car. Your team mummifies you with five tight belts. You feel the throttle under your thin-soled shoe. For the first time today, you're alone. You hear silence, then a rapid thumping: "It's your heart beating inside your ears when the earphones are plugged into the radio," says Cope. Two voices will guide you: your crew chief and your spotter, high above the track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Lap: What It Feels Like Behind The Wheel | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...city's architecture, the depth of its history, the vibrant color of its inner life. Fewer still are those who have explored the French capital without also stumbling across one of its less charming secrets: the ubiquitous dog excrement that turns many Parisian sidewalks into veritable minefields of shoe-defiling muck. But following the example of famous creators before him who drew inspiration from the picturesque details of Parisian life, a civic-minded artist has embraced the City of Light's blight by using selected piles of poop to denounce dog owners who refuse to pick up after their pooches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Paris from the Dogs | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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