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The President, whose near obsession with extinguishing Saddam remains strong, was giving nothing away. Yet even he sounded slightly more circumspect than usual last week. Asked about Iraq in an Oval Office meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Bush paused for a long time and then said, "Saddam Hussein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling Over Iraq | 8/6/2002 | See Source »

With body consciousness increasingly an obsession, Asians are overgrazing the smorgasbord of weight-loss products and "miracle" diet aids, ranging from "fat-reducing" pressurized boots to expensive massage regimens. Nobody knows how many are buying untested products of dubious efficacy?certainly consumers number in the hundreds of thousands, if not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Killer Diet Pills | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

HARE-BRAINED This amateur site dedicated to hashing in North America has become the de facto authority on all things hash?if only for the fact that Webmaster "Flying Booger" has either an unhealthy obsession with hashing or too much free time. The most useful feature?aside from an online...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Crawling | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

Meyer could never have felt snug in the lavish, high-overhead, take-six-meetings-and-never-make-a-movie atmosphere of the big studios. After one more Fox film ("The Seven Minutes"), he escaped back to indie filmmaking with a meager, loyal crew and the freedom to do whatever he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanks for the Mammaries | 8/2/2002 | See Source »

I like to bathe in public. This inclination has thus far failed to attract much attention because I live in Japan. Here, hot-springs hopping is a national obsession enjoyed by wrinkled elders and stylish college girls alike. Foreign visitors often resist getting naked with strangers, but the transpacific flight...

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

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