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When Lucia Joyce was born in 1907, no one knew her father James was a genius. He was just a twentysomething layabout, an Irishman drinking away his exile in the Italian city of Trieste, scribbling unpublished manuscripts. Lucia took after her father: tall, pale and skinny. In Carol Loeb Shloss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Orbit of Genius | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

Back on Dongting Lake, a reed cutter surnamed Song is resigned to the worms invading his body. During the colder months he serves as the plantation's caretaker, living in a makeshift lean-to made of reeds. One of the few ornaments inside his cramped quarters is a portrait of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Returns | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

The life cycle of entertainment districts is predictable. A low-rent part of town today becomes tomorrow's buzzy dining and drinking destination. Serious investors show up, as do smarter restaurants, and before long the area is overrun with bistros and martini bars. Scenemakers then latch on to another low...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lapping at the Lake | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

68 Number of years that Prahlad Jani, a 76-year-old ascetic in India, claims to have lived without eating, drinking or relieving himself. He was partly vindicated after spending 10 days under 24-hour closed circuit-TV surveillance by 400 medics

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

Almost all Harvard students can legally purchase alcohol in Jaco Beach’s many bars and clubs, since the drinking age in Costa Rica is 18.

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Surf’s Up: Seniors Head to Costa Rica for Spring Break | 11/26/2003 | See Source »

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