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...DIED. Tamara Dobson, 59, Amazonian model-actress who created one of the blaxploitation genre's most memorable women-the Corvette-driving, martial-arts-loving title character in the film Cleopatra Jones; of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; in Baltimore, Md. With her flashy style-huge Afro, big hats, leather-trimmed fur coats-Cleopatra was, in the words of the drug traffickers she battled, "10 miles of bad road." Before her career ebbed in the '80s, the 6-ft. 2-in. Dobson went on to appear in other films of the genre, notably the women-in-prison film Chained Heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...DIED. Tamara Dobson, 59, Amazonian model-actress who created one of the blaxploitation genre's most memorable women--the Corvette-driving, martial-arts-loving title character in the film Cleopatra Jones; of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis; in Baltimore, Md. With her flashy style--huge Afro, big hats, leather-trimmed fur coats--Cleopatra was, in the words of the drug traffickers she battled, "10 miles of bad road." Before her career ebbed in the '80s, the 6-ft. 2-in. Dobson went on to appear in other films of the genre, notably the women-in-prison film Chained Heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...publication that informs us about the deeper issues and opinions circulating throughout the world. However, I have one dissatisfaction. Why is there a page explaining which celebrity got arrested for drunk driving, or why so and so is exhausted from last week's partying? Is this really necessary? Tamara Herring Penang, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/4/2006 | See Source »

...Olympic luster. After the Soviet Union fell, sports funding dried up. With no income to support them, some athletes found refuge in the crime world. Others, who might normally have passed on their knowledge to the next generation, simply left the country, with top coaches Tatiana Tarasova and Tamara Moskvina both settling in America. Russia went from 23 medals at the 1994 Lillehammer Games to 13 at Salt Lake City in 2002. After Russia's uninspired showing at the last Winter Games, President Vladimir Putin lamented the country's parlous medical state?half of all Russian children and teenagers were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise and Fall and Rise of a Skating Superpower | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

Before she skated off with the gold at the 2002 Winter Games, Sarah Hughes twirled her way onto the cover of TIME. View our past Olympic covers online, including those of Eric and Beth Heiden, Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney. And starting Feb. 10, visit time.com for photos and commentary from Torino, Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Roles for Two of Our Favorites | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

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