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...million - three-minute commercial that has been airing since April. In the ad, to a thumping remix of Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation (A Little More Action), soccer's leading mercenaries compete in a secret tournament under special rules. In it, soccer becomes a game of trick shots, small goals and fancy footwork - oddly like basketball (which, despite Nike's $155 million spend this year on soccer endorsements, remains its best revenue source). This month in London's Millennium Dome and 12 cities from Beijing to Buenos Aires, an estimated 1 million youngsters are going into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somebody's Knocking My Dreamboat | 6/2/2002 | See Source »

...PICTURE Start here for hotel rooms, and stay a while for visa information, destination ideas and cultural hints. Example: always ask permission before photographing Omani women. "Mumkin sura, min fadlak?" should do the trick. "Mish mumkin" means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Crawling | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...success, Ada may help pave the way for the acceptance and development of commercially constructed "smart" rooms and buildings that can dynamically adapt themselves to the needs of their inhabitants. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Fashion That Makes You Feel Good It used to be an apple a day was the best trick to avoid the doctor, but soon just putting your clothes on in the morning could help. Palmers Lingerie of Austria offers tights that react to body heat and release vitamins A, B and C into the skin. Scientists at Germany's Hohenstein Institute Textile Research Center are working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 5/26/2002 | See Source »

...Having taught lecture courses myself now for several years, I admire his ability all the more—it’s no small trick to carry on a discussion with six or 700 students,” Muirhead said...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Members Honored for Teaching | 5/22/2002 | See Source »

...lies between the niches of the two destroyed Buddhas, a distance of nearly 800 meters. The last recorded sighting of the reclining Buddha, according to Paiman, was by a 10th century Indian historian. After that, the gigantic Buddha seems to have vanished as if by a magician's conjuring trick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Lies Beneath | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

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