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There are still a handful of people alive today who predate the airplane and radio. Many more were around to see the first television broadcasts and flights into space; almost everyone reading this magazine was born before the mobile phone and the Internet. The changes that have occurred in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New waves, Ancient Shores | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

Nowadays the once feared tribes of the upper Sepik live peacefully among their fruit and vegetable gardens, catching fish in gossamer-fine nets stretched across creek beds or floated out into the river. Their remoteness has protected them from many of civilization's problems, but it has also brought them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Head Hunters | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

Facing each other in a tight circle, fingers spread and palms making a sharp crack as they clap, the men of the village of Ianapus tattoo the dark ground with their rhythmic stomping. In contrast to the chaotic rainforest that covers most of their island of Tanna, the surface of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Back the Clock | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

Or we may find that the bombings were engineered by returnees from Iraq. Muslims from Britain, France, Germany and elsewhere--along with several thousand from Arab countries--have traveled to Iraq to fight in what has become a theater of inspiration for the jihadist drama of faith. A handful are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rush Hour Terror: Viewpoints: Why Iraq Has Made Us Less Safe ... | 7/21/2005 | See Source »

For now, Best Buy's hybrid nature--half flexible, half 9 to 5--is stirring conflict too. Ressler and Thompson get desperate e-mails from a handful of ROWE employees--accustomed to freedom--who have moved to jobs in departments that still operate on traditional schedules. "We could have a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reworking Work | 7/18/2005 | See Source »

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