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...professional players. No Jordans, no Magics. Team members, players like Alonzo Mourning, Steve Smith and Jason Kidd, are top NBA players who have come to the Olympics because they thought it might just be fun and meaningful. None of these players is going to threaten to choose a Nike swoosh over the U.S. Olympic uniform as Jordan and some of his mates nearly did. "This team is doing what Olympic athletes do," says team spokesman and co-captain Craig Miller. "They're going to visit the Olympic Village, attend the opening ceremonies, stand in line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Notebook | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...live alone in a shingled cottage by the shore. Every morning I get up from my feather bed, putter across my shiny parquet floors and eat breakfast in my sun-filled kitchen as I wait for the chauffeur to swoosh me off to my job--as a bookie for the local crime ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hangin' with the Sims | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...Suddenly the psycho-esque beeping of an oncoming truck increased, and the last truck of the day pulled into make its final deposit. He pushed a button and the back of his truck went up with a swoosh. Tilting back, the truck purged its contents of splintered wood, three legged metal grade school desks, tattered sofa cushions and a myriad of dark tied trash bags. Returning itself to its normal position, the truck pulled away and the few remaining men began to disperse back out into the parking lot where their own pick up trucks awaited them...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Down in the Dump | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...hear the loud cheers of the audience on the Mexican version of "The Price is Right." Tommy Hilfiger and Winnie the Pooh and American sports team regalia are popular in the small family-run stores. Their imitations are even more common: Tommy Halfmaker, sneakers with a "half Swoosh;" you name it--it's here...

Author: By Samantha A. Goldstein, | Title: Chiapas Summer | 7/30/1999 | See Source »

...DATE] February 1998 [RUMOR] Nike offering new sneakers for old [EFFECT] Swoosh! 7,000 old pairs arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 14, 1998 | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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