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...world's most elaborate sewer, which began construction in 1858, was completed in little more than a decade and is still a vital defense for a city that has not recorded a single outbreak of cholera since 1866. It's a testament to Victorian England's ability to construct grand solutions to big problems. That's a skill the modern world could use, says Johnson, noting that some 2 billion people are still at risk because they do not have access to clean water. "Unlike hiv or global warming, this is a problem we fundamentally know how to solve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ignorance is a Killer | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...10th century Empress who is having an affair with her stepson while, she suspects, her husband (Chow Yun Fat) is slowly poisoning her. That's just for appetizers in a menu of long-lost parents, eloping lovers and the minor distraction of a civil war out in the grand courtyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movies | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

This is high, and high-wire, melodrama. It's less soap opera than grand opera, where matters of love and death are played at a perfect fever pitch. And grand this Golden Flower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Movies | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...post-game celebration but that encourage great play nonetheless. The duck usually goes to the top defender of the game while the boa tends to find itself draped around the neck of the girl who has had the best performance over a weekend of games.In short, with grand performances both on and off the ice, the Harvard women’s hockey team never ceases to have fun, even while...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hard Hat Reflects Blue-Collar Attitude | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

CAUDALIE, THE 11-YEAR-OLD French skin-care line known for its grape-seed-extract antiaging formula, is expanding its offerings. The company celebrated the opening of its fourth Vinotherapie Spa in grand fashion last month in Rioja, Spain. King Juan Carlos I toured the spa alongside über-architect Frank Gehry, who designed the accompanying Marqués de Riscal Hotel as a sweeping homage to the local culture. The enormous titanium roof is sculpted in the shape of a flamenco skirt and tinged to match the pink and gold shades of vintage wine bottles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Destination: Soaking Up Spa Style in Spain | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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