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But eating exotic animals and using them for ancient medicines are practices deeply rooted in Chinese culture. There have been fleeting signs of change. In June, the soon-to-open Hong Kong Disneyland took shark's fin soup off the menu following public protests over the damage that widespread consumption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eating Disorder | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

The survivors face uncertainty of their own. The city is too quiet for some, who fear their neighbors won't return. Told that it may take the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 80 days to "unwater" the rest of the city and as much as six months to clean it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Among the Ruins | 9/12/2005 | See Source »

At sam neill's boutique winery outside Queenstown, New Zealand, his beloved pinot noir grapes are handpicked, gently pressed and aged in barrels for 10 months. The resulting wine's flavor "is always just beyond your grasp," Neill once said. "If you do manage to get hold of it, it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smooth Operator | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

But Marc Bekoff, an ethologist at the University of Colorado, always suspected there was something more going on. True, the posture happens most often at the beginning of a bout of canine play. But it also happens in the middle, and not randomly. And the more closely Bekoff observed dog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honor Among Beasts | 7/14/2005 | See Source »

My blisters and dirty clothes may have initially perturbed my editors, but I think—I hope—I’ve started to grow on them. They have observed my competence not from a fleeting glance, but from a longer-lasting display of dedication. Because if I...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, | Title: Beyond First Impressions | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

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