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And then there are the manifold physical horrors: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of RWIs (recreational water illnesses), which sounds like an airport code but is actually a euphemism for diarrhea from swallowed pool water. Insurance companies will no longer insure diving boards because of spinal injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off the Deep End | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

Being alone in New York is remarkably easy, looking forward and avoiding the centers of nearby eyes, renewing a vow of silence every time I step out onto the street, sitting in my apartment checking my e-mail, sending letters to people in other states. To escape my unease, I...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley | Title: A City of Strangers | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

I don't even mind that these players discovered and exploited a loophole to reduce their tax bills. No one is under any moral obligation to pay more taxes than he or she legally owes. (And I hope the lawyer or accountant who figured out how Blackstone could call some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Private-Equity Pigs | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat and committee chair, referred to FEMA's attitude as "sickening" and further said, "The nearly 5,000 pages of documents we've reviewed expose an official policy of premeditated ignorance." He also criticized the testing standards that FEMA and the Environmental Protection Agency used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grilling FEMA Over Its Toxic Trailers | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

Slowing things down further is the sheer volume of stuff that we would have to take with us - or destroy if we couldn't. Military officials recently told Congress that 45,000 ground-combat vehicles - a good portion of the entire U.S. inventory of tanks, helicopters, armored personnel carriers, trucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Leave Iraq | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

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