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...Decrease over the past decade in the height of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest freshwater lake, due to environmental degradation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...restaurant at Hambleton Hall, in the English Midlands, a Michelin star. The menu, which uses vegetables and herbs from Hambleton's gardens, changes with the seasons to incorporate game, wild mushrooms and truffles. The hostelry, perched on a slope leading down to Rutland Water, the largest man-made lake in Western Europe, has won a raft of hospitality awards, not least for its relaxed yet flawless service. "Fay ce que voudras" (Do as you like) reads an inscription in medieval French above the entrance. The exhortation was incised in Victorian times but reflects proprietor Tim Hart's service philosophy. Hart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Refined English Retreat | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...year proved that nobody can lose forever. So as the White Sox legions watched their team's opening games against the hungry Houston Astros, appearing in their first Series, one question was surely burning in the collective consciousness of the Sox faithful: Can hell freeze over once again, before Lake Michigan does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Every Year, a Miracle | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...helps pay medical bills for the cancer and chronic lung disease she has been battling for years, as well as food expenses. "I eat a lot of soup," says the tiny, spirited 69-year-old, who lives in Majestic Meadows, a mobile-home park for senior citizens near Salt Lake City, Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Broken Promise | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...business and forced it into the U.S. bankruptcy court. There the obligation was erased, thanks to congressional legislation that gives employers the right to walk away from agreements with their employees. To support herself, Whitehouse had already sold the couple's Montana home and moved to the Salt Lake City area, where she had family and friends. With her savings running out, she applied early (at a reduced rate) for her husband's Social Security. She needed every penny. For health reasons, she couldn't work. She had undergone a double mastectomy. An earlier cancer of the uterus had eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Broken Promise | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

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