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...ROUTES A drastic reduction in polar ice during summer months could open reliable shipping lanes along the northern coast of Russia and Canada, making transportation cheaper and increasing access to oil and other natural resources (admittedly a mixed blessing).  But there might also be more icebergs, which could limit the effectiveness of Arctic shipping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meltdown! | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...newest film, director Marc Forster makes a drastic break from his previous work. In Monster’s Ball, he explored themes of racism, deceit and capital punishment; in short, he depicted reality at its darkest. Finding Neverland couldn’t be more different. Johnny Depp plays James “J.M.” Barrie, in the process of writing his masterwork Peter Pan. Like most of Depp’s characters, Barrie is more than a little strange. He lives in an odd mix of the real world—London in 1904?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...Flaws How could such a drastic shortage of vaccine occur? Because the system that makes it is prone to failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents: Nov. 1, 2004 | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...teaching children that their religion and philosophy of life are unique-and that any other should be destroyed-violence will be perpetuated. The best tool to change the thinking of those radical groups is dialogue. When this fails and the groups resort to violence to impose their views, then drastic actions are necessary. The war in Afghanistan and the fight against the Basque terrorist group eta in Spain are justified. Once strong measures have been taken, it is essential to be firm and not surrender to terrorists' blackmail. The withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Iraq was a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...teaching children that their religion and philosophy of life are unique - and that any other should be destroyed - violence will be perpetuated. The best tool to change the thinking of those radical groups is dialogue. When that fails and the groups resort to violence to impose their views, then drastic actions are necessary. The war in Afghanistan and the fight against the Basque terrorist group ETA in Spain are justified. Once strong measures have been taken, it is essential to be firm and not surrender to terrorists' blackmail. The withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Iraq was a mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

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