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...adding that such attributes make some fellow citizens "uncomfortable." Those citizens, these days, need to be humored. For Singapore is changing. The nation has been able to build a prosperous society on the back of a deserved reputation as a safe haven for foreign investment and for a clean, effective system of public administration?not always qualities found in abundance in the region. But as Asia's cities modernize and its economies open up, Singapore?which has a population of just 4.4 million?must remain competitive. That may mean that the famously neat and manicured island will have to provide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Man | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...dreadlocked Third World icon Bob Marley as the main musical act for the country's independence bash. Marley tunes like Zimbabwe had helped rally the world ("Africans a liberate Zimbabwe/ Every man got a right/ To decide his own destiny") but Mugabe would have preferred the squeaky-clean Brit Cliff Richard. For once he was overruled, and the reggae star spread a message of hope that the racial strife of Rhodesia would give way to color-blind harmony. The message was heard even in faraway America, where a young reporter named Andrew Meldrum quit his job, sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Revolution Betrayed | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...Spas' Galaxy boasts a 42-in. pop-up plasma TV, a built-in DVD player and 49 jets to massage your back, neck and bottom. But this tube tub doesn't just scrub your bodyit may also clean out your wallet. Cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Cool In the Pool ... ... And Hot On the Deck | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...living on my own. I’ve gone to sleepaway camp and spent a month abroad, but this was going to be the summer that I learned about living in the “real world.” I was going to teach myself how to cook, clean, and master other mundane tasks that have so far eluded...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, | Title: A House Divided | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

There's good news: bodies from the International Olympic Committee down are more committed than ever to a clean-up. But there are still signs that many in power don't know what they're up against. Fifty-eight athletes have failed drug tests during Olympic competition since 1972, but almost everyone acquainted with sport believes those 58 are a tiny fraction of the guilty. Anonymous polling has shown consistently that, as long as they think they won't be caught, most athletes would use drugs even with a high risk of side effects. In the lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking It Higher | 8/11/2004 | See Source »

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