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...HALF AN HOUR AT ABOUT 2 P.M. LAST Friday, the main attraction at Six Flags New Jersey was not the Nitro, the "tallest and fastest roller coaster in the East," or the Superman Ultimate Flight ride. Within sight of the front gate, not far from the faux Revolutionary battlements of Fort Independence, a succession of blue tarps had been stretched. Prostrated on them, facing Mecca (and, unintentionally, the Cannonball Lemonade Stand) were hundreds of men, heads to the ground in sajda, Islamic prayer's gesture of submission to Allah. As hundreds more entered the park and took note, many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Six Flags over Islam | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...nearsighted Americans who are not good candidates for laser surgery, the Food and Drug Administration has approved another option: a tiny lens surgically implanted in the eye. The procedure, in use in Europe, takes half an hour and costs $3,000 to $4,000 per eye. In a company-sponsored study, 92% of 662 patients who got the Verisyse lens had 20/40 or better vision after three years; 44% tested 20/20. But patients also showed a steady loss of cells in the cornea, and the FDA has asked for a five-year follow-up study to track long-term effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: IF YOU CAN SEE BEYOND THE YUCK FACTOR ... | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

Danzka vodka's specially designed metal bottle is made to chill vodka to optimal temperatures 50 minutes faster than vodka in glass packaging and also keep it ice-cold for almost an hour longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COOL BOTTLES | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...Number of tornado warnings issued in a 24-hour period by the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee, Fla., during Hurricane Ivan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 27, 2004 | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...Number of planes with which Los Angeles air-traffic controllers lost contact during a three-hour interruption in communications after a radio-system malfunction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 27, 2004 | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

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