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That's the kind of fine print that could be lost on most people. Voters in 29 congressional districts--all but five of them Republican--have been hearing radio ads urging them to "thank" their local representative for voting "to add meaningful prescription-drug coverage to Medicare for all seniors." The ads were run by a conservative group called the United Seniors Association and financed by the pharmaceutical lobby--which helped write the House bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Placebo Effect | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...Predator had first been used in Bosnia in 1995. Later, the CIA and the Pentagon began a highly classified program designed to produce pictures--viewable in real time--that would be fine-grained enough to identify individuals. The new, improved Predator was finally ready in September 2000, and the CIA flew it over Afghanistan in a two-week "test of concept." First results were promising; one video sent to the White House showed a man who might have been bin Laden. For the first time, the CIA now had a way to check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Had A Plan | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...ocean?is home to some of the finest examples of Portuguese architecture in East Timor, including the newly restored and renamed Pousada Baucau, once the infamous Hotel Flamboyan. Now under Timorese management, this grand hotel is the place to enjoy spicy Portuguese-Timorese fusion food and a glass of fine Portuguese wine before retiring for the night. Reassuringly, the staff now carry corkscrews instead of M-16s. Rooms cost $50 a night, including breakfast?call (61418) 176 003 for reservations. Down the road at the Perola de Timor restaurant a more basic fare is on offer, but the bullet-riddled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land That Time Forgot | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

...foreground tapping (presumably the rim of the snare drum), as if someone is keeping time on the mike with his buck teeth. In the bridge, Jerry Lee's left hand rumbles menacingly up to the break, when four-note poundings heighten the melodrama of the lyric: "You're fine, so kind/ Got to tell this world that you're mine mine mine mine!" Back to the verse, with more rumblings and eruptions - "C'mon, baby, ya drive me crazy" - and on to the two instrumental sections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Golden Sun | 8/10/2002 | See Source »

...name is Jerry Lee Lewis from a-Louisiana I'm gonna do ya'a little boogie on this here piana Do it mighty fine, gonna make you shake it I'll make ya do it and make ya do it until till ya break It's called the Lewis boogie in the Lewis way Oh Lord I do my little boogie-woogie every day. -recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Golden Sun | 8/10/2002 | See Source »

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