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Meanwhile, the oxygen masks will probably drop from the ceiling. This, too, may look exceedingly ominous. But you won't die if you don't get a mask on, provided you were already generally healthy. "Passing out is about the worst thing that would happen," Curtis says.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Survive Plane Decompression | 7/25/2008 | See Source »

The flight can continue on in this surreal fashion for a while, with the oxygen masks dangling from the ceiling like so many IV lines, and passengers will usually remain relatively calm, as evidenced by video taken inside the Qantas flight. Decompression may be scary, but it is survivable.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Survive Plane Decompression | 7/25/2008 | See Source »

Bill Clinton did such an elegant job of escorting his health-care package into the nation's political parlor -- first with his speech to Congress last - month, then with his wife's testimony there soon after -- that Americans can be forgiven for believing their President was ready to pass a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OXYGEN, PLEASE | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

One apparent concession is that in setting a numerical limit on each side's arsenal of strategic warheads, Moscow would no longer insist on counting America's "forward-based" nuclear weapons systems, such as those deployed on carrier-based warplanes and on planes and missiles based in Europe. However, instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STAR WARS AT THE CROSSROADS | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

The IAMM is a gorgeous monument to the porous qualities of Islamic culture. With its elegant restaurant, storytelling sessions for children and calligraphy workshops, the museum is a neat expression of Islam Hadhari, or "civilizational Islam," Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's campaign to promote a moderate, modern version of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religious Experience | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

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