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...army is best suited to rule Burma and its fractious ethnic groups. Even some diplomats agree a transition to a freer society will have to be slow and gradual as the country has no democratic institutions. But the struggle to build them may well begin with this first thaw between two once implacable foes?and when Aung San Suu Kyi takes those first steps toward freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Face-Off | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...Bugs Bunny; in Corona del Mar, California. In a career that spanned six decades, Jones made more than 300 animated films, winning two Oscars?one for Best Director in 1965 and an honorary lifetime achievement award in 1996. His autobiography Chuck Amuck was published in 1989. DIED. JOHN THAW, 60, adored by millions of viewers for his portrayal of the curmudgeonly sleuth Inspector Morse on ITV's critically acclaimed eponymous television series; in Luckington, England. Already popular in the U.K. for his work in other TV dramas, the actor garnered international recognition for the role of the enigmatic Oxford-based...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

...record straight, Valentine’s Day is not a precious occasion for togetherness and budding romance. It is not a source of warmth and comfort to thaw the winter’s cold. And tomorrow is certainly not the day when my yang will finally merge with its yin—at least, not without a measure of divine intervention. When my yin discovers how little thought I’ve given to this sanctified day, let alone that I’ve called her my yin, I’ll probably need a lot more than a favor...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, | Title: A Reluctant Valentine | 2/13/2002 | See Source »

...best skeleton riders. With a third ya-gotta-be-nuts sliding sport (along with bobsled and luge) now on the schedule, the slate of what Americans consider the Peripherals--nonmarquee sports that zoom into the sporting Zeitgeist every fourth year only to melt away in the post-Games thaw--is at an all-time high. At Salt Lake we'll have all kinds of sleds, cross-country races (some with guns!), ski jumps and ski-jump hybrids. In the past, these events have given us Jamaican bobsledders, hyperdrugged European ski champs and Eddie the Eagle, Great Britain's wonderfully woebegone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just This Side Of Loony | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...best skeleton riders. With a third ya-gotta-be-nuts sliding sport (along with bobsled and luge) now on the schedule, the slate of what Americans consider the Peripherals-nonmarquee sports that zoom into the sporting Zeitgeist every fourth year only to melt away in the post-Games thaw-is at an all-time high. At Salt Lake we'll have all kinds of sleds, cross-country races (some with guns!), ski jumps and ski-jump hybrids. In the past, these events have given us Jamaican bobsledders, hyperdrugged European ski champs and Eddie the Eagle, Great Britain's wonderfully woebegone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just This Side of Loony | 2/3/2002 | See Source »

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