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Sessions at the center are held in a bare attic room over which a lone golden statue of Buddha presides from a central wooden altar. Incense fills the room with its soporific scent. Followers meditate by sitting cross-legged in silence facing the wall. Posture is paramount: practitioners must keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Retreats for Stressed-Out Seouls | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

Jacky talks about killing him, slitting his throat from three till nine and hanging him upside down so the blood drains out of him the way it ran from the baby pigs they used to slaughter in her village before a funeral feast. He deserves it, really, she says, for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Need for Speed | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

At the annual Toy Fair in New York City last week, the bots were everywhere. Foot-long bug bots crept across exhibit floors. Two-legged baby bots took their first toddler steps. A testy and surprisingly lifelike dinobot snapped its mechanical jaws.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How 'Bout Them Bots? | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

When STEVE IRWIN, the heavily caffeinated host of Animal Planet's Crocodile Hunter, does his trademark spread-legged jump-on-the-back-of-a-croc maneuver, you can almost hear the Air Supply tunes playing in his head. The man loves his reptiles, deeply. Apparently, the feeling is not always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 29, 2001 | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

Indeed, MacCready thinks that a number of legged devices could be more efficient than wheels for moving about. "You could make a wheelchair that can go up and down stairs," he muses.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dream Makers | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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