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...much gray hair I had and clearly see the lines on my face." Like many women her age, Marten, 46, is being encouraged by her gynecologist to try hormone-replacement therapy. She's resisting, and yet, like so many women, she's sorely tempted. Her 80-year-old neighbor has been on estrogen since age 40 and is "so buoyant it's remarkable," says Marten...
...perfectly respectable garden can be had virtually for free. The price is paid in muscle and devotion, applied to a few packages of seeds, some cuttings from a neighbor, a pile of compost distilled from last fall's leaves. To the purists, paying someone extravagant sums to install an instant garden is like hiring someone to have great...
...come to exert its own pull. "I know nobody who has given it up, except for reasons of infirmity, advancing age and incapacity," he says. "It holds the attention firmly, because there is always something new to learn, new discoveries to make." People who want a garden because the neighbor has one and hire someone else to install it may gradually be smitten by what's out there, want to know more, marvel at the changes each morning in the drape of a vine or the paths of the bees. Soon they will no longer have a garden; their gardens...
...Teer was photographed as he watched the funeral of a neighbor killed in a clash with British troops. A picture of Teer -- his face troubled by a forlorn and vulnerable look -- appeared on the cover of an issue of TIME dealing with the effects of war on children around the world. Teer still has that same lost expression today, but added to it is a tinge of fear. Last February he was abducted from in front of his home, held blindfolded for 24 hours and then severely beaten. His abductors thrust Teer's legs through the pickets of a wrought...
...virus is still loose, and it's spreading," he says. "If the mattress is warm and damp, and people go in and sleep on it, we're going to be in trouble." The villagers are terrified, and resigned. "It's useless for us to do anything," says a neighbor, Mbangu Fioti. "What can we do against this disease...