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...make my appointment for a rejuvenation treatment at a Hong Kong men's skincare center, figuring I can undo 27 years of neglect in about two hours. Upon my arrival, the receptionist hands me a glass of lemonade (I wonder briefly if I am meant to splash it on my face) and a detailed questionnaire about my skin type. Surprisingly, "dull and pasty" isn't an option, but I fill out the rest. Do I have oily skin? Check-during adolescence my forehead was practically a member of OPEC. Enlarged pores? You bet-I've named some of them after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Salon | 6/22/2006 | See Source »

Bandar poured a second glass. "Where do we begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Untold Story of al-Qaeda's Plot to Attack the Subway | 6/19/2006 | See Source »

...GIRL IN THE GLASS JEFFREY FORD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Mystery Writers Worth Investigating | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

Vince Camden is 36, single, broad shouldered and thin, like a martini glass. He has made a new life for himself in Spokane, Wash.--where he has been stashed by the FBI's witness-protection program--running a doughnut shop and selling weed and credit-card numbers on the side. His contact in the Spokane Police Department assures him that the mobsters he ratted out back East are all dead or dying and don't care about him anymore. So why is there a contract killer in town looking to put a bullet through his eye? Camden will eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Mystery Writers Worth Investigating | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

Less than 300 miles away, Robyn Gray is in the midst of cleaning 48 kitchenettes, dusting 90 conference rooms and scrubbing 40 glass doors at One Mellon Center, a financial building in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. Although her work is equally grueling, Gray, 44, is paid well, compared with Cincinnati, Ohio, janitors like Jones. For working a 9:30 p.m.--to--6 a.m., 40-hr.-a-week schedule, she earns $12.52 an hour and gets health insurance, three weeks' vacation and three personal days a year. Her $26,000 annual salary has helped Gray and her husband--who works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying to Make A Decent Living | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

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