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...upgraded his investment opinion of AT&T in November 1999--after years of dissing the stock--it had nothing to do with winning investment-banking fees for Salomon, helping his boss Sanford Weill survive a power struggle or getting the Grubman twins into an exclusive nursery school. A string of emails in which he raised all these issues--and which were obtained by reporters last week--are "baseless," invented by him "to inflate my professional importance," Grubman asserted in a written statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Sandy Play Dirty? | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...anti-Musharraf parties. INDONESIA On the Case Police said they had captured the "mastermind" behind last month's Bali bombing in which at least 190 people died. Computer expert Imam Samudra, 35, confessed to choosing the nightclub as a target and leading planning meetings. He also confessed to a string of bomb attacks on churches in 2000. MEANWHILE Lightyear's Ahead Galactic hero Buzz Lightyear took time off battling the evil Zorg to fight crime in Hereford, Britain. Police were looking for a thief who'd stolen a toy from Woolworth's, when an electronic voice crackled out: "Buzz Lightyear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 11/24/2002 | See Source »

...Donne, "dissected myself, and they are gone to read on me." This knowledge also gave writers a vocabulary that opened up new imaginative worlds. Donne describes the soul of a young girl, as it races through the stars and toward heaven, as "the pith, which, lest our bodies slack, / Strings fast the little bones of neck, and back; / So by the soul doth death string heaven and earth." Someone who hadn't seen a body dissected might have been able to draw the parallel, but probably not with the razor-sharp language that makes Donne one of the greats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Anatomy of Our Selves | 11/24/2002 | See Source »

Fitzpatrick wasn’t always the Crimson quarterback of the future, drawing legendary comparisons. Coming into freshman year, Fitzpatrick was vying for third string with the man who currently fills that post, sophomore Garrett Schires. Both were behind Rose and then-back-up Conor Black on the depth chart...

Author: By Sean W. Coughlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: QB of the Future Avoids Sacks, Swear Words | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

Along with the lone senior, Ella Witcher, Hall takes the reins of the team after her sister, Colby, co-captained the team just last season. The younger Hall carries a string of accolades and the pressure that comes with a No. 3 national preseason ranking...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fresh Faces Must Step Up For W. Squash | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

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