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...What Jesus saw was a doomed city, now buried under many tons of debris from constant rebuilding." TED HIRSCHFIELD Lehigh Acres, Fla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 7, 2001 | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...children lead busy lives, what with school, piano lessons, soccer practice and the constant distraction of the home computer. What's more, she fears that the park is dangerous. "I've heard of people exposing themselves there," says Theresa, a 42-year-old special-education teacher in Sarasota, Fla. And while she's not sure if the scary stories are true, she would rather be safe than sorry, like so many other contemporary parents. Her daughter Erica, 9, isn't allowed to visit the park without her brother Christopher, 11, who wasn't permitted to play alone there until about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Ever Happened To Play? | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...this President's reversal presents long-term and life-threatening consequences that are being ignored under the pretext of U.S. economic viability. While his father's about-face was regarded as a political blunder, this President Bush's decision may facilitate a global environmental disaster. CARY GLICKSTEIN Delray Beach, Fla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 30, 2001 | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

DIED. ALFRED MOEN, 84, plumbing-fixture pioneer; in Destin, Fla. Moen hatched the idea for the single-knob faucet as a college student in 1937 after he was scalded by the then ubiquitous two-handled variety. His namesake company claims to sell more than 70% of the kitchen faucets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 30, 2001 | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

DIED. ROBERT AURAND MOON, 83, former postal inspector who was one of the inventors of the ZIP code; in Leesburg, Fla. Moon began working for the post office in the 1940s in Philadelphia and Chicago, where his idea was born for what became the Zoning Improvement Plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 23, 2001 | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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