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Moments like those are what the playoffs are all about and that unyielding determination is what earned Jordan six championship rings, and they would have been eight straight had he not momentarily retired to fulfill his father’s dream of playing baseball.

Author: By Nicolas O. Jimenez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boyz II Ji-Men-ez: NBA Still Missing Jordan | 4/24/2001 | See Source »

It all depends on what you mean by "sorry." Or more correctly, what exactly you're sorry for. Diplomatic copywriters continued their frenzied search Monday for a mutually acceptable language that would allow China and the U.S. to resolve the standoff over the downed U.S. spy plane at Hainan. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Standoff: Lesser Apologies May Save the Day | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

But even now that the recording companies have muzzled Napster, their real solution is nowhere in sight. Computer nerds, bless their souls, seem to have an unyielding desire to boast their virtual manhood. Encryption codes will be broken; system will be beaten. Gnutella, for example, is a small, mysterious little...

Author: By Luke W. M. white, | Title: An Artist's Best Friend | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Robinson has spent her career setting precedents. At 25, she was a member of the Irish Senate and the youngest-ever law professor at Trinity College Dublin. By the time she was 46 she had become Ireland's first female president. She is only the second occupant of the high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's to You, Mary Robinson | 3/30/2001 | See Source »

I am normally an absolute moral rock. Just ask anybody here at TIME.com. Just three months ago, in the time I now sadly recognize as Before the Fall, I was an innocent, and pure, and un-Napstered. This was mainly because it was difficult for me to get Napster; we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Is It Really Stealing if You Wouldn't Have Bought It Anyway? | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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