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...difficulties of religious conversion: Kóhoi said, "Ko Xoogiái, ti gi xahoaisoogabagai." (Hey Dan, I want to talk to you.) He continued, "The Pirahãs know that you left your family and your own land to come here and live with us. We know that you do this to tell us about Jesus. You want us to live like Americans. But the Pirahãs do not want to live like Americans. We like to drink. We like more than one woman. We don't want Jesus. But we like you. You can stay with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...complex of almost two dozen derelict industrial buildings, most of them still unused by the museum. "I think Jock described me to Sol as a poor dirt farmer of a museum director," says mass moca director Joe Thompson. "Cash poor but rich in buildings and land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sol LeWitt's Dazzling Line Drawings | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...Thomas Land of the Department of Public Health, the lead researcher on the study, said he hoped the evidence motivates other states to pass laws of this...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoking Ban Leads to Fewer Fatalities | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

...Some states have passed smoking bans but haven’t put any teeth into them,” Land said...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoking Ban Leads to Fewer Fatalities | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

Haiti is a country of constant heartbreak, and the most recent catastrophes in that unfortunate land have become metaphors for the nation's hopelessness. Classes were in session when College La Promesse Evanglique, a school of 500 students in a suburb of the capital, collapsed and crushed at least 91 people, mostly school children. The likely cause: shoddy construction. But nearly a week after the collapse, the government has yet to determine an exact body count. The frustration was compounded when, five days after the disaster, another school suffered a partial collapse. No one appears to have died in that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schools Collapse, and Haiti's Woes Continue | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

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