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...potential mosquito-breeding grounds by clearing out any stagnant-water containers such as used tires. Once confined to the tropics, dengue looks to be spreading to new areas in Asia, as the recent Hong Kong outbreak shows. The best we can do is not put out the welcome mat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tropical Disease Gets Topical | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...clad in a blue-and-gray shirt and khakis, shakes hands with a fidgety Washkowitz. Drawing letters from the bag to determine who goes first, Washkowitz wins. Shifting in his seat, he squints in the sunlight and scrutinizes his rack, placing VOID on the board. Thomas quickly counters with MAT, using the “A” to morph Washkowitz’s word into AVOID. A few plays into the game, Thomas turns to his roommate and official scorekeeper, Daniel L. Suzman ’05, to remind him to yell out the score every few moves. Suzman...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NO HEADLINE | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

...morning and stay all day. That's because it's more a spa than a tub. For starters, each of the many baths boasts different mineral infusions for a variety of benefits. There are Jacuzzis, outdoor baths, aromatherapy saunas, massage rooms, facialists, darkened resting rooms, even a vast tatami-mat eatery complete with sequin-clad balladeer. Bathers lounge all day in pajamas provided by the spa, slipping in and out to take another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo - A Bath with a View | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

After unwinding with green tea in your tatami-mat room, change into a yukata and head to the baths. Before you cannonball in, though, take your washcloth to the showers, soap up and shampoo. Only when squeaky clean should you hit the baths. The indoor one is nice, but the true gem is the rotenburo (outdoor bath). The stone-ringed pool overlooks the river, with your privacy protected by rhododendron and cedars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Life: Hot-Water High | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...list, Joao Varela, whose parents immigrated from Cape Verde, is considered too young at 27 to lead the party in parliament. Winny de Jong, 43, a consumer advocate for a Dutch supermarket trade association, has the support of many party leaders, but others seem ready to back Mat Herben, 49, a journalist who, as he says, "wrote Pim's speeches and listened to so many interviews that I can dream his response to anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Culture Shock | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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