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...executives at the top of its various divisions, who have produced solid earnings quarter after quarter, regardless of which vision of the month their corporate overlords were selling to Wall Street. Time Warner's weakness has been the inability of the dreamers and bureaucrats in its headquarters to effectively tie the whole enterprise together. Parsons, who took charge as CEO only in May after the retirement of Gerald Levin, had limited experience as a big-league operating executive and knew that was where he needed help. So with Pittman's departure, two of the most respected and accomplished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Then There Were Two | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

Kids will be streaming into multiplexes this weekend for Austin Powers in Goldmember. They will be lured by a flood of TV spots, a million-dollar-giveaway fast-food tie-in - and the chance to see Mike Myers pee into the mouth of a supine villain. This is what the sexually adventurous call a golden shower, and what the movie-ratings board calls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Essay Is Rated PG-13 | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...comes to love Hong Kong, but his romantic horizon remains clear of so much as a Suzie Wong, let alone a Mrs. Stewart. As it is ever so slowly inferred, he's in love with Sister Maria, and she with him. As affairs go, this is a 0-0 tie. It's a cold flame that animates the heart of Fragrant Harbour, a love that gives off little heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold Harbor | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...need ties because everything else they get to wear is as exciting as cream cheese. But this year famous women are wearing ties because they're "strong, distinctive and sexy," in the words of one fashion marketer--and because other famous women are wearing them. The accessory has come a long way from Diane Keaton's tomboy outfit in Woody Allen's 1977 film, Annie Hall. Young pop singers from Michelle Branch to Alicia Keys have adopted an '80s new-wave look that juxtaposes ties with dark punk garb or ultra-casual white tank tops. And fashion designers like Alexander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ties Of Sisterhood | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...have a better idea? I don't care if I'm spied upon, and there are people who do things we need to fear. I think the government ought to hammer them. Why don't we support the agencies that are trying to protect us, rather than try to tie their hands? (MSGT) TERRY NEES U.S.M.C. (RET.) Bartlesville, Okla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 1, 2002 | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

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