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...spots. How does Iceland do it? By touting its reputation for swinging nightclubs packed with platinum-haired babes and hearty Nordic men, its unspoiled natural wonders and, not least, the low-priced winter deals offered by Icelandair, which enjoys a monopoly on air service to the 40,000-sq.-mi. North Atlantic island. Off-season round trips from the U.S. to Reykjavik can be had for as little as $250, and two-day package tours for under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unfrozen North | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...MI-24 Soviet era gunships arrived from Ukraine, and just in time from the government's point of view. It's a devastating weapon against guerrillas, as the Afghan mujahedeen found during the 1980s - it was only after the Afghans got Stinger missiles from the U.S. that they could counter those gunships, and the Albanian fighters in Macedonia obviously don't have anything like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Macedonian Insurgents Repelled, but Not Destroyed | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

DUTIFUL DAUGHTER Top student and lyrically named Chelsea Clinton is wise to the family biz, can't wait to get back to Stanford, 3,000 mi. away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A First Family. Redefined | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...pronounced "dead," the cool-down immediately begins with application of ice to your head and body. At this point the powerful anticoagulent heparin is injected to prevent massive blood clots from making you even deader. Then your clammy corpse is transported to the CI facility in Clinton Township, MI, where your blood is replaced with increasing concentrations of, um, antifreeze. After washing out blood and "perfusing" with "cryoprotectant" the "dead" body is lowered to liquid nitrogen temperature over the course of two weeks to avoid macroscopic and microscopic cracks that occur if patients are cooled too quickly (I would hate...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Hooked on Cryonics | 3/6/2001 | See Source »

...others have come before him, so rather than beat the congas to a pulp, his expert quartet, featuring ace percussionist Steve Kroon, flirts with them. Latin classics like Besame Mucho and Corcovado are splendidly reworked into disciplined, mid-tempo jazz tunes, while samba-flavored Carter originals Loose Change and Mi Tempo prove that playing in the cultural middle ground has its own intellectual thrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: When Skies Are Grey | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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