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A former British soldier, Chilton is trained in CPR and first aid for his job as a dive instructor, but there was little he could do for the victims. He and several of his friends tried to set up a triage, with the most likely to live treated first, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Killings in Sharm El Sheikh | 7/23/2005 | See Source »

But perhaps the most jarring part of being in the Real World during the summer is the daily commute. In New York City, where I am working this summer, finding someone who can walk to work is about as rare as finding a reasonably-priced apartment in Manhattan. Instead of...

Author: By Jessica E. Schumer, | Title: Subway Blues | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

Slaves are used as housemaids, prostitutes, construction workers, sweatshop workers, and agricultural laborers. There are several methods by which people are enslaved, including chattel slavery, in which a person is captured, born, or sold into permanent servitude; debt bondage, in which a person pledges him or herself against a loan...

Author: By Loui Itoh, | Title: The Ills of Modern-Day Slavery | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

At first glance, that might seem fairly simple. Unlike Hispanics and other Asian minorities, South Asians often arrive fluent in English. The influence may be more British than it is American--cricket is preferred to baseball--but a desi in the U.S. can still pick up USA Today and understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing Desi Dollars | 7/6/2005 | See Source »

One of China's most remote ethnic groups, the Dulong, has just got a shortcut to the rest of the world. Numbering about 6,000, the Dulong were once known for tattooing the faces of their womenfolk (a custom designed to discourage neighboring Tibetans from kidnapping them as slaves). That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Valley | 7/4/2005 | See Source »

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