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...Love," greased the skids in a big way. Rafelson found himself deluged with applicants for the band, turning away the likes of Steven Stills before settling on the four lads who would succeed beyond anyone's wildest dreams. As the implications of his project began to sink in - namely, that it could be huge - Rafelson and company (i.e., Don Kirshner, later the man behind the Archies, a band that couldn't talk back) realized they had better come up with some real tunes, and turned to the best American songwriting talent money could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Hey, They Were the Monkees | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...This promises real representation and much more. Under nagari, disputes over land, water, theft, inheritance and livestock will be dealt with swiftly by a local council, unlike the thousands of cases that each year sink in the quagmire of Indonesia's Western-style legal system. "Of the dozens of cases I've handled recently, only three will have to go to court," says Evianto Datumbi, head of a local customary legal committee. "With nagari, you have to settle or else the two parties can never bring up another case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Success Story | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...about the consequences of raising a generation that may never learn through observation that the best way to remove dust from carved chair legs is with a Q-Tip. More than dreading a world in which it is considered O.K. to leave globs of toothpaste to dry in the sink, I fear the repercussions of never learning to be accountable for your own mess. Call me paranoid, but I started to fear that children who never feel the need to make their own bed would grow into adults who don't feel responsible for making their own happiness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chores, Anyone? | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...teams' prior meeting, Yale found a way to edge the Crimson at home for an overtime win. Bulldog sophomore center Ime Archibong hit a driving layup with 22 seconds remaining to seal the game and sink Harvard. Archibong started the extra frame by hitting a three-pointer, sending Yale on a 7-3 run that the Crimson was never able to counter...

Author: By Rob Cacace, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Journeys South on Ivy Road Trip to Brown and Yale | 2/16/2001 | See Source »

...project--which will sink the I-93 below ground by 2004--has created citywide congestion, especially around Fan Pier, very near the museum...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Museums Prosper While Boston's Slump | 2/15/2001 | See Source »

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