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...best thing most people can say about pedophiles--whether they're found in the Roman Catholic Church or outside it--is that they're just plain sick. But sick implies the possibility of treatment, and treatment suggests the possibility of cure; and that raises one of the most vexing questions surrounding the dark condition of pedophilia: Can it be fixed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOLESTERS' MIND-SET: Why Do They Target Kids? | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...time has come for people of goodwill everywhere, regardless of race, religion, gender and nationality, to work together to cure the blight on our global unity. I envision a United Nations proclamation declaring Sept. 11 to be World Unity Day, not only to remember heroes but also to celebrate a new beginning. It could be a day to appreciate our differences, beliefs, races, genders, cultures and interdependence. HOOSHMAND M. KALAYEH Pittsford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 1, 2002 | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...with a thin stream of heated oil drizzling onto my forehead. For 40 min. two barefoot attendants poured a pungent green oil over my brow in a gentle back and forth motion. It might sound like slow torture, but the shirodhara oil treatment is deeply relaxing and said to cure migraines. It's one of the more common prescriptions in the Ayurvedic school of medicine, which is one of the world's oldest forms of healing. Practitioners have been using Ayurveda's techniques for thousands of years, prescribing gentle herbs, diet, hydrotherapy and medicinal enemas to treat an astonishing array...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catching a cure in Sri Lanka | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...four times (including Tuesday Weld) to four different women, all taller and more beautiful than he - but it was the physics of living that cut that life short. Moore spent his last years battling progressive supranuclear palsy, and set up the Dudley Moore Research Fund, dedicated to finding a cure, as well as the charity Music for All Seasons, which takes live music into hospitals, homes for the elderly and prisons. In his last public appearance, to receive a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) from Prince Charles, Moore was confined to a wheelchair. In photos he was gray, gaunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dudley Moore, 1935-2002 | 3/27/2002 | See Source »

...difficult for them to remember. A month ago, when I was quite ill with a stomach flu, they were constantly there, believing that it was good manners to visit with a sick friend. I was continually excusing myself to throw up. They prescribed hash and opium, saying they would cure anything. I politely declined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporters' Notebook | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

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