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...perhaps Fairweather's most fragile assemblage was of three old World War II aircraft fuel tanks and a silk parachute he found while living on a Darwin beach in the early '50s. These formed the basis of a 3-m raft and sail he later attempted to navigate across the Timor Sea, with the vague intention of returning to Europe. Instead, 16 days later, he washed ashore on the western Timorese island of Roti, where, in exchange for pieces of his sailing vessel, Fairweather was offered food and shelter. What nearly killed him in effect became his life raft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remastering the Record | 8/22/2005 | See Source »

...Fighting over a beach ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fans Gone Batty | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

After months of brainless Hollywood bombast, you can look not for bigger films but for smarter ones. The romance novels of summer are beach litter now; time to buckle down to nonfiction. TV may be ready to take off its dancing shoes and take on weighty subjects--like a Chris Rock sitcom that defuses racism by exploding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall Arts Preview 2004 | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

Voters in Milwaukee, Wis., will decide next month whether to join several municipalities--including Twin Falls, Idaho, and Myrtle Beach, S.C.--that in recent years have passed mandatory-prepayment rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Try to Gas and Dash | 8/16/2005 | See Source »

...mantener una l?nea de ayuda operada por enfermeros las 24 horas, en espa?ol. Establecida en 1980 como un peque?o grupo de cl?nicas en el sur de California, hoy en d?a se ha convertido en una compa??a HMO p?blica, con un valor de $700 millones, con sede en Long Beach, 800,000 clientes en seis estados y oficinas por abrir en Texas y Ohio. Molina, de 47 a?os, recuerda c?mo su padre, un m?dico de urgencias, comenz? con las cl?nicas para ayudar a inmigrantes con Medicaid que no encontraban doctores dispuestos a tratarlos por los fondos limitados que ofrec?an los programas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mario Molina | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

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