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Whether you're looking at them from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan or China, the Himalayas are always an uplifting sight: the world's highest mountain range has all 50 of the planet's tallest peaks, and most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...supported himself as a truck driver, legal clerk, wine steward, English teacher and, only after he turned 40, a writer. But that boyhood hunger for discovery would help shape 13 novels, six books of children's fiction and 10 nonfiction works of history, biography, criticism and reportage. Add his mountain of articles, television scripts and poems, plus the 400 books by other poets (including Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney) that he produced at his small publishing house, Sceptre Press, and Booth ranks as a giant of modern English letters. So why haven't more people heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong's Golden Boy | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...Islam who specializes in surveillance. From an unknown hideout came Adnan el-Shukrijumah, an accomplished Arab Guyanese bombmaker and commercial pilot. And from Queens in New York City came Mohammed Junaid Babar, a Pakistani American who arrived with cash, sleeping bags, ponchos, waterproof socks and other supplies for the mountain-bound jihadis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Is This Man Plotting? | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

Whether you're looking at them from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan or China, the Himalayas are always an uplifting sight: the world's highest mountain range has all 50 of the planet's tallest peaks, and most of the top 100. But to my eyes, the finest vantage point lies near the northern Indian hill station of Darjeeling. The ridge of Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aloft In The Himalayas | 8/19/2004 | See Source »

...times. Kerry has the intelligence to study challenging situations and the wisdom to seek input from qualified advisers before making decisions. Kerry will make the U.S. safer by regaining the respect of the world through diplomacy and cooperation, and he will create a united front against terrorism. Nancy Brannigan Mountain View, California, U.S. Since I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat, I can say objectively that Kerry would probably be a good President. But what truly scares me is that presidential elections hinge on whether a candidate is likable instead of capable. It makes me wonder whether Abraham Lincoln...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/17/2004 | See Source »

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