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The response to A is we do not know that Saddam is sane enough never to use them against us, and it is not a proposition that we should wish to test by giving him yet more time to acquire them. Saddam has acted with supreme irrationality in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Terrible Logic of Nukes | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

PHILANTHROPY Private purchases of wilderness areas received at least a temporary boost with the surging stock markets of the 1990s and the billionaires they created. One of the most spectacular deals was the 750,000-acre acquisition of temperate rain forest in southern Chile by Doug Tompkins, who has headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Them Run Wild | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

The housing market's foundation is solid. On the supply side, the inventory of houses for sale is lean and buildable lots in desirable neighborhoods are scarce. On the demand side, an increase in immigration, the coming of age of baby-boomer children, and affordable-loan programs for low-income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Bubble? | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

The tradition was begun in 1938 by A. S. Gisbert, a Kuala Lumpur-based British expat. Inspired by paper chase clubs he had first seen in action while stationed in Malacca, Gisbert persuaded his colleagues to "hunt" with him, on foot rather than horseback. Gisbert, as the hare, would mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Beer Doesn't Run Out | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

Not necessarily. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week reviewed new safety data on saline implants, which were approved by the FDA only two years ago. (Silicone-gel implants were never formally approved and are now available only in medical studies.) The review is timely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Implants: How Safe? | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

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