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...young targets. They're pretty boys who begin by flattering a girl, acting unthreatening, and then moving swiftly to temptation by dangling the promise of quick money and easy work. It's a lucrative job, says Eiji, a bottle-blond catch with a bronzed face wearing a skinny black suit. Once he reels a girl in to his employer, he collects up to $200. "The younger and cuter," Eiji explains, "the more money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teenage Wasteland | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...Like pretty-boy Eiji, Hiroaki Shioya roams the streets looking for runaways, but for very different reasons: he's an officer in Tokyo's police youth-crimes unit. With his slicked-back hair and dark suit, Shioya blends in with the businessmen out for the night. But as he turns a corner, a clutch of men in garish jogging suits standing around a black Benz start murmuring. One of them begins to tail Shioya, mumbling into a cell phone. Shioya sighs. "All the Mob guys know my face around here," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teenage Wasteland | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...intelligence of George W. Bush. But others seem to be finding the right balance. Ellen DeGeneres, the American comic, received a standing ovation after hosting the twice-delayed Emmy Awards, a show she opened by joking: "What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Act for Hollywood | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...changing for the pharmaceutical industry even before the attacks on America. It had been a year of public relations embarrassments, including a lawsuit filed by 39 drug companies against South Africa over patent infringement legislation approved in a country where at least 4.7 million people are HIV positive. The suit was later withdrawn, but critics said the industry offered no social, political or ethical leadership in a global marketplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dose of Compromise | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...Drew Gellert is the perfect captain for the bunch. He doesn’t light up the scoreboard all that much, and he talks even less. But he does all the little things, and be it by coincidence or by necessity, the rest of the team is finally following suit...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: M. Hoops May Have Surprises In Store | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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