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...cover photographs TIME could have used to illustrate the war in Afghanistan, why choose a soldier who is, indefensibly, smoking? During World War II, the cigarette companies, aided by the media, helped create a culture in which soldiers and smoking went hand in hand. I thought we had moved far beyond such an ill-founded association. Richard Rivenes, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS...
...sand to cover, and Whitehead is determined not to miss a grain of it. At times his prose mimics the speed of the butterscotch Benji ladles out at his summer job scooping ice cream at Jonni Waffle. ("Is the toppings bar ready for its close-up? Let us cue the orchestra as we pan lovingly, lingeringly, over the delights in the tiny containers.") But if the slow zoom sometimes verges on the picayune, it also highlights the eternal puzzle of summer pacing. Benji and his friends can't wait to get out to Sag, but once they do, they...
DIED Unlike many other young Marines, Lance Corporal William Allen, 26, who appeared on TIME's cover in 2005, joined the military the day before 9/11. But like many who have fought in Iraq, Allen suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder. He died of a drug overdose after self-medicating...
...stimulus package includes some $8 billion for weatherization programs for low-income households, but that will cover only a small slice of the country's housing stock. To promote the greening of existing buildings, the National Trust last month launched the Preservation Green Lab, a think tank based in Seattle, and is working with members of Congress to pass energy-efficiency legislation that would increase rebates and subsidies to cover as much as half the cost of a green retrofit. Such incentives are vital. Although lower utility costs mean upgrades will pay for themselves over time, the up-front cost...
...towards shifting the family out of the slum and into a flat, which will be held in trust till the children turn 18," says Noshir H. Dadrawala, one of the trustees. "We will also provide them a monthly stipend of 5,000 to 6,000 rupees ($100-$120) to cover their living costs." The trust also plans to hire a local counselor to periodically sit with the children and their families to help them "cope with fame and also how to handle the media...