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...Prior to the latest incursion, Gaza was still surrounded by the Israeli army, with checkpoints at exits, its coast patrolled and its airspace controlled. It is actually a large open-air prison. Israel's continued occupation of territory beyond its legitimate borders is the problem. Gilwee Walker Palo Alto, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/29/2006 | See Source »

...serial kidnapper, Philip Yeo looks harmless enough. But to hear some people tell it, he's a dangerous man. Over the past six years, Yeo has been roaming the world, trailing talented scientists in Washington; San Diego; Palo Alto, Calif.; Edinburgh and elsewhere, and spiriting them back to his home country of Singapore. Like any proud collector, Yeo never tires of ticking off his most prized trophies: former National Cancer Institute star Edison Liu, American husband-and-wife team Nancy Jenkins and Neal Copeland, British cancer researcher David Lane. "I'm a people snatcher," he says unashamedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stem Cell Central | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

RAGING GRANNIES Their cheesy jingles ("We're a gaggle of grannies/ urging you to get off your fannies") reflect the rebel 'tude of this global cabal. Members of a Palo Alto, Calif., chapter promoting fuel-efficient cars were arrested in March after chaining themselves to the gates of a Ford dealership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ma Power! | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

DESIGN TOUCHSTONE "Ultimately, you can't really convert people unless they like the way the products look," he says. So Onysko worked with Ideo, a design firm based in Palo Alto, Calif., to give mass appeal to the organic lifestyle. Result: a great-looking soap box made of 100% postconsumer materials. "You can throw it in your yard, and it will just melt away," says Onysko...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Who: The Eco-Guide | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

DIED. William Woo, 69, courtly, aggressive journalist who in 1986 became the first Asian American to lead a major U.S. newspaper when he was named editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; of colorectal cancer; in Palo Alto, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 24, 2006 | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

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