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Like an anthropologist dropped into an exotic village, Rudolph seems fascinated by the Arab inmates. "They're an extremely fatalistic people," he wrote. "This time must be very rough on them for they have little interest in anything other than the Middle East, President Bush and Islam. But at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Bomber Row | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

The NBA is using a new ball this year, and you've been a pretty vocal critic. The ball is terrible. It's something we'll just have to get used to. Playing with the new ball is like going to a gentlemen's club, seeing an exotic dancer and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Shaquille O'Neal | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

Until last year, Chen Hong considered divorce an exotic American concept, as far removed from her life in Shanghai as gastric-bypass surgery or an addiction to reality-TV shows. Then she checked out her husband's cell-phone records. Hundreds of calls had been made to a mysterious number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Up Is Easy To Do | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

These days, and increasingly so, the playwright is indignant. Unlike a youth's reckless rage or an old man's sour huff, Michael Gurr's fury radiates white heat. "I've never been angrier," he says. "Our current national government has presided over a time of almost unbelievable moral corruption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Stripped Bare | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

Jimmy Turner, director of horticultural research for the Dallas Arboretum, says demand for rare plants like the Wollemi has grown sharply in recent years. "The buying public is looking for brighter, bigger and better plants," he says. Sales of simple seeds and bulbs have correspondingly slowed, he adds, because plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Business: Rare Trees for Sale | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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