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Increasingly disillusioned by Soviet rule, Chagall left Russia in 1922. But before he did, he produced one of the high points of this show: a massive canvas that rarely leaves Moscow, Introduction to the Jewish Theatre. Created by Chagall to decorate that city's 90-seat State Jewish Chamber Theater, it was also a manifesto of his deliberately impure aesthetic, in which broad bands of color derived plainly from Suprematism are the backdrop--but only the backdrop--for resolutely nonabstract acrobats and livestock. In the lower right-hand corner, just above Chagall's signature, a man urinates directly into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Magical Modernist | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

...Lake, Minn. A hockey obsessive known for his strategic imagination and nose-to-nose motivation, he adapted Team U.S.A.'s training and tactics to the wide-open European-style game and convinced his team of amateurs that they were destined to beat the hockey powerhouse that was then the Soviet national team. They did, 4-3, in a game that instantly became famous. They next beat Finland to win the gold medal. He went on to coach four NHL teams, including the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins, and returned to the Olympics last year to coach Team U.S.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 25, 2003 | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

...Children might catch the eye of a tennis boss as they move upward from local to regional and national tournaments in the RTT. But unless parents like Zhbanova's make an effort to promote their stars and find sponsors, they have no chance. Historically, tennis was neglected by the Soviet sports machine. It was simply not useful. The state gave priority to Olympic sports that could boost its worldwide image, and tennis was dropped from the Games in 1924. It was only in 1988, when tennis was restored as a medal Olympic sport, that the state slowly began to support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis, Everyone? | 8/24/2003 | See Source »

...world's jihadists, Iraq is the new Afghanistan - that would be Afghanistan twenty years ago, when young Muslim warriors from around the world flocked in to help fight the "infidel" Soviet invader, and in the process founded al-Qaeda. Bin Laden's group on Monday broadcast a new tape urging Islamists everywhere to make their way to Iraq and wage war on American forces there. U.S. forces have captured foreign jihadists during sweeps north of Baghdad, and it was reported this week that up to 3,000 Saudi Islamists may have gone to Iraq to fight the U.S. Tuesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror and Turbulence Will Follow Bush Into His Reelection Year | 8/21/2003 | See Source »

...Qaeda, the U.S. occupation of Iraq presents a growth opportunity commensurate with that offered by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan three decades ago. Then, as now, the presence of "infidel" troops in a Muslim land aroused the ire of young Muslim militants around the world, and many of those that volunteered to go to Afghanistan to join the anti-Soviet jihad later became the organizational and political core of al-Qaeda. Now, the movement is hoping to repeat the experience, albeit under more trying circumstances - this time, the volunteers won't have the support of the CIA and the Saudis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Days in Baghdad | 8/19/2003 | See Source »

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