Word: wiseness
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Photographing a baby has its special pitfalls, the chief of which is persuading Baby to stop squirming and smile on cue. Lisa, one of three infants of different types and charms photographed for TIME'S cover, was chosen by the editors for her wise, grownup look. She has subsequently appeared in print ads for a department store, in a catalog, and was filmed for a TV commercial...
...looks wise, or at least wised-up, beyond his years, and why not? If anyone should be used to life in the passing lane, it is Bret Easton Ellis, 21. Since his first novel, Less Than Zero, was published in May, it has sold 50,000 copies and made several best-seller lists. Ellis, meanwhile, has become a cult celebrity, showing up on Today, Firing Line and MTV. Not bad for someone who just completed his junior year at Bennington College in Vermont. Ellis' book, set in the affluent Los Angeles suburbs where he grew up, chronicles a few days...
...ball pitcher, "experience after a while becomes another word for compensating, listening to your body, squeezing the maximum out of what's left. When I started, my age now would have boggled my mind. But these days I think anything's possible." Niekro lacks six victories for 300. The wise Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver, 40, got there last week. He has lost only the least of his gifts, velocity. Discussing Rose, he says, "Pitchers don't have to run, remember. Not that Pete was ever a very fast runner, just a very smart one. Generally speaking...
...Tuesday, April 19, 11 pm, Vatican City Romans have an old adage that captures their world-wise acceptance of life's minor calamities: "When a Pope dies," they say, "you find another." Inhabitants of the Eternal City, which has absorbed so much history, apply the metaphor when governments fall or jobs are lost or a bus breaks down. And indeed, as we have witnessed today and over the past two weeks, the Roman Catholic Church remains quite adept at filling a void even as large as the loss of John Paul II. Replacing an absolute monarch without the benefit...
...Despite the worldwide interest, Pope Ratzinger-I still need some time to get used to saying Benedict XVI-may be wise to focus first on the people of Rome. Along with being the Vicar of Christ and the Supreme Pontiff of the Church, the pope is also the bishop of this city-and the Romans feel it. Fabrizio Magnani, a 65-year-old real estate broker was on his way to meet a client near St. Peter's when the radio announced white smoke and ringing bells. He parked his car as soon as he could and joined "a river...