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...exploited since the mid-sixties. Part of a comix generation that made its reputation by breaking taboos, Spain's instinct for sensationalism - never have a smooth bust when you can have erect nipples - also perfectly match the pulp, exploitation origins of "Nightmare Alley." Drawing as he always has, with thick, black lines, Spain's technique graphically represents the dark tones of the work. Sailor Martin, the nasty tattooed man, doesn't have eyes, just two black slashes under a jutting brow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down a Dark "Alley" | 3/7/2003 | See Source »

...When you are at Harvard you develop a thick skin,” he says. “You sift out the wheat from the chaff and go forward...

Author: By Alexandra N. Atiya and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Stone Brings New Touch to Tough Job | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...determine whether the club had instituted proper safeguards in the event of a fire. Survivors of the West Warwick blaze say nearly the entire crowd tried to escape through the front door of the club, in part because the Station's three other emergency exits were obscured by the thick black smoke. How many people could have made it out in time by exiting through another door will never be known. The intensity of the conflagration was staggering; witnesses say the building was entirely ablaze three minutes after the fire started. When rescuers arrived, it was gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Minutes To Doomsday | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...Friday, Monday's episode still wasn't finished. But the scenes we saw were those of a show that had set its goal of one day becoming Everybody Loves Raymond. And Vardalos' plan to make the family less Greek seemed to fall away once she realized that thick Greek accents are funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Big Fat Fairy Tale Last? | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

Newmark's personal touch is part of the appeal. A self-professed nerd who wore plastic pocket protectors and thick black glasses in high school, Newmark insists that he's not out to get rich but to create a place "where people can get everyday stuff done." He likes to play practical jokes, such as issuing a press release on April Fool's Day stating that there was, in fact, no Craig. And he's proudest of the "random acts of kindness" he often sees on the site, such as the woman who offered her vacuum cleaner to a public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Find It on Craig's List | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

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