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Part of the "Ring of Fire," the string of volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean, Kamchatka has more than 100 volcanoes, 29 of them active, along with spectacular concentrations of geysers and thermal springs. Nine months a year, snow blankets the peninsula, and only by July does it melt sufficiently to allow for comfortable hiking. Well, let's say relatively comfortable. During our mid-August trek, it rained half the time. Much of the interior is accessible only by helicopter, and tourists who fly into a volcanic site for an afternoon can occasionally be stranded for days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler: Land of Fire and Ice | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...unveiling of his offbeat outfits when the models mutate into dogs. In another, his latest collection of hand-sewn jeans and vests entitled "Scab" morphs into a Uniqlo horror of unadventurous banality. In yet another dream he's watching someone's head, probably his own, melt. "It's been like this for months," Takahashi moans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wear and Tear | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...become of this monument? Edwin Booth said an actor was "a sculptor in snow." The gifted company of "The Coast of Utopia" sculpted a grand and intimate panorama of 19th century Europe from the marble of Stoppard's teeming brain. Tonight at 11, the sculpture begins to melt. It may be frozen - a living frieze - in the memories of those who saw the piece assembled, five nights a week and three times on Saturday. It is can be admired in its one official preserved form, on paper, and surely the plays read wonderfully in their published form. But print...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Theater Past, Theater Perfect | 11/24/2002 | See Source »

...rock singers who can belt it out high and clear, fight through Morello's machine-gun fuzz on Cochise. And when Cornell goes mellow on Hypnotize, you just presume Morello would rather be fret dancing. But after a few spins, the vestigial sounds of Audioslave's previous selves melt away, and what's left is a big, funky record full of wounded-love songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: After Rage, Harmony | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

Tired of seeing its venerable Listerine mouthwash (first introduced in 1914) getting chewed up in the market by various lozenges, drops and gums, Pfizer this year introduced Cool Mint Listerine PocketPaks, tissue-thin strips that melt in your mouth and deliver a bracing, breath-freshening punch. They were an instant hit, with more than 100 million sold. INVENTOR Pfizer AVAILABILITY Now, $1.49 a pack TO LEARN MORE www.prodhelp.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Your Health | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

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