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...from the estate of her late husband, oil tycoon Howard Marshall. If not, starting in August, viewers can watch her squander the cash when the E! channel airs a reality series of her life. E! says it had the idea before The Osbournes (though that show's success probably sped up production). Smith's once sybaritic ways have abated since Marshall died at age 90 in 1995 and she gave up modeling to become a full-time litigant, battling his sons over the money. But she told King she wants more children and hopes to conceive via a one-night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 10, 2002 | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

Already tests were in place to exempt students from some first year classes, and Conant foresaw a sped-up academic calendar during the war years...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: War! Peace! | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization in Nablus. Troops went from house to house in the Balata refugee camp, a main base of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, responsible for a recent suicide bombing near Tel Aviv in which two Israelis were killed. ITALY Mamma Mafia Two carloads of gangsters sped through the southern town of Lauro di Nola, exchanging gunfire and terrifying passers by. When the cars stopped, members of two organized-crime families jumped out and started a gunfight that left three dead and five injured. What was really remarkable was that all the shooters were women, members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 6/2/2002 | See Source »

...walking with a young female cousin when Uday, cruising in his car, spotted her and ordered his guards to snatch her for his evening's entertainment, as is his notorious practice. Abu Harith fended them off. That night Uday's thugs grabbed him at his house and sped him to Uday's farm, where he says he was tied to a palm tree for two days and repeatedly beaten. Uday branded him with a hot iron on his back and shoulder. Then one of the guards injected Abu Harith's arm with something that hurt; he still has a lump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's World | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

After summarizing her motorcycle biography—which felt more like a camouflaged warning or a “proceed at your own risk” disclaimer—Stith motioned for me to hop onto the back seat of her Suzuki, and we sped up Plympton Street, first to Somerville and then on to Boston...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Riding With The Queen | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

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