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...them raised children upstairs in the canal houses and plied their trade below, much as did the neighborhood's butchers and bakers. While those old houses have been painstakingly preserved, little else remains the same. Many prostitutes (some of them men) still show off their bodies in about 400 display windows, wearing sliver-sized underwear and heavy makeup. But other traders of more immediate use to locals, like food stores, have largely vanished from these streets and been replaced by a profusion of sex shows, erotica stores, pornography cinemas and at least 150 brothels. Amsterdam's sex industry is worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vice Versa: Amsterdam Cleans Up | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

...suggested it over the years. Her hint of nuclear-family nostalgia is also what helps make this very strong woman a much less threatening figure to the audiences who have throughout the campaign warmed to her homespun, sensitive speaking style. That down-to-earth appeal should be on full display Monday night, when she appears in her biggest venue yet. But that is only part of the real Michelle Obama. The country wouldn't get a two-for-one Bill and Hillary presidency if she were to become First Lady, but it would definitely get a lot more than many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michelle Obama's Savvy Sacrifice | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...Look, the spikes and blocks on display were certainly nifty. The U.S.' Philip Dalhausser was a veritable one-man Great Wall of China during the third set, blocking practically everything the Brazilians tossed his way, helping he and his partner Todd Rogers (they're also the 2007 world champs) to claim gold by a tense final score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life's a Beach at the Volleyball | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...painting by Fareeha Ghezal Yousufzai that depicts this scene is part of "Make Art, Not War," the first-ever independent exhibition of works by female Afghan painters outside the strife-torn country. On display in Bonn until September 9 - after which it will move on to Austria, Italy, Spain, China, and the U.S. - this remarkable exposition is itself a symbol of hope, and not only for the 21 students from the Center for Contemporary Arts-Afghanistan (CCAA) in Kabul whose works it includes. In a place where Taliban rule had forced art into hiding, it's also, says Rahraw Omarzad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghan Women Painters On Show | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...might have come up with if he dabbled in automobile design, has so far found 70 buyers across the world, from Bahrain to Malaysia. "We know that Japan's not isolated anymore and that all countries are interconnected," says Aoki. "In that context, I think it's important to display our nationalism and say, This is what makes Japan different from other places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's New Groove | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

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