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REVERSED. The first-degree murder conviction of LIONEL TATE, now 16, who at age 14 became one of the youngest juveniles to be sentenced to life in prison, for beating a 6-year-old playmate to death, prompting a national debate on prosecuting children as adults; in West Palm Beach, Fla. An appeals court ordered a new trial, arguing that Tate's competency to stand trial should have been evaluated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Dec. 22, 2003 | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...enjoy it just as easily in London, Toronto, Hamburg or Sydney. Mass tourism, which has been the most important modernizing force in the world for the past 20 years, is hardly an American phenomenon at all. It is European tourists, not Americans, who have transformed every place with a beach from Thailand to Tunisia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Ways of Being Modern | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

...road-construction crew, another as a convenience-store clerk. And he is, by hook or crook, eventually going to give his family an American life comparable in privilege to the one they enjoyed in the old country. Specifically, that means a house near a beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Seven Holiday Treats | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...names might be funky, but important architectural details, including original louvered shutters and latticed panels, have been retained. The villas are tastefully decked out with white linen, Asian accessories and a few modern amenities, including a hot shower and a mini fridge. There's no beach at Bon Ton's doorstep, but a pool sits meters away, and McMurtrie's Balinese-style Nam restaurant and Chin Chin Lounge Bar (formerly a 90-year-old shophouse) make up for almost anything. Published rates start from a very reasonable $95 a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Village People | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...leaving. With less than $100 left in his black satchel, Abdi Salan is terrified that the smugglers will simply walk off with his payment. But three nights later, on Oct. 4, he is pushed outside to a jeep and a small bus. The vehicles shuttle passengers to the beach, where a dinghy ferries them to a white-and-green fishing boat. Some 85 people board the boat - two Egyptians, a Tunisian, a Libyan, an Ethiopian and the rest Somalis, including 13 women, one of them pregnant. They occupy every centimeter of space. This is not how Abdi Salan - who doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Desperate Journey | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

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