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...style houses feature lovely wooden bathtubs for two, while the spa offers traditional gui shi hot-stone massages that will have you feeling even closer to heaven than the property's 3,600-m elevation. Local villagers opposed to the development will sometimes bring you back down with a bump - they've been known to set up roadblocks and demand tolls from guests - but general manager Richard Neo will come to your rescue by golf buggy. Perhaps he should treat the village to a round of gui shi massages as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peak Time | 8/16/2006 | See Source »

...been a favorite of--and, some insiders say, a possible successor to--former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Halutz at first impressed Israelis with his aviator glasses and Top Gun swagger. Once asked how it felt to drop a bomb on people, he replied, "I feel a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release. A second later it's gone, and that's all. That is what I feel." Such myopia may have worked for him in the cockpit, but may be a liability in politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel and the Bombs | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

...SUMMER OF BABY SURI When it comes to developing great American conspiracy theories, the Roswell and J.F.K. folks have nothing on seekers of infant Suri Cruise. Since she was just a bump in her mom's obsessively studied tummy, the now 4-month-old daughter of enthusiastic unmarried parents TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES has inspired online and tabloid dissections of Suri's birth certificate; blurry, telephoto-lens bassinet shots by helicopter-borne paparazzi; vivid photo-illustrations of how she might look at 20 (a bit like Brooke Shields) by forensic-imaging specialists; and declarations of authenticity from famous friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 21, 2006 | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

...that some insiders say Sharon was grooming Halutz, not Olmert, to replace him some day as prime minister - Halutz, 58, at first impressed Israelis with his Top Gun swagger and aviator glasses. Once asked how it felt to drop a bomb on people, he replied: " I feel a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release. A second later and it's gone, and that's all. That is what I feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Price of Israel's Hubris | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

Even with the post-Zarqawi prognosis for Iraq unclear, a loud debate erupted in Washington over when to bring the troops home. The Bush Administration, which got a bump in the polls after al-Zarqawi's death, has talked for weeks about U.S. forces standing down as Iraqi forces stand up. With the Iraqi military and police up to 263,000-strong, some U.S. officers are privately saying it is time to start pulling American forces back. And some congressional Democrats renewed their calls for a pullout timetable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Zarqawi Dead, Can the Troops Come Home? | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

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