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...typically travels with armed bodyguards and some of his followers had vowed to die or kill for him. Nobody wanted another Waco. Catching Jeffs on the road, where he would have little protection outside his bodyguards, was the most favored approach. Since he is the only one allowed to perform marriages and is responsible for assigning wives to husbands, traveling was likely. It is unknown where Jeffs spent his time while hiding out, but he has ties to Texas, Colorado, South Dakota, British Columbia and Quintana Roo, Mexico. "He never had to appear in public, he had people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will be the Next Polygamist Prophet? | 8/30/2006 | See Source »

...Iran's Caesarean Section Craze Well-accustomed to elective surgery, Iranian women are choosing C-sections at such a high rate that it's a challenge now to find a doctor who will perform a "medieval" vaginal birth

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Hard Line Begins At Home | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...forces. In Beirut's southern suburbs, where the group's bulldozers have cleared massive piles of rubble from the streets, Hizballah has planted bright red banners declaring MADE IN USA at the sites of destroyed buildings. At Mehdi High School, Hizballah officials move around, carrying walkie-talkies. As they perform their functions with the discipline of Hizballah guerrillas, military music blares from the loudspeakers. "We put it on to keep up people's spirits," says a Hizballah official. And in the Middle East these days, that's the only tune they're hearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Middle East War For Hearts and Minds | 8/27/2006 | See Source »

...sputters? Preliminary second-quarter [an error occurred while processing this directive] figures published by the E.U.'s statistics office last week showed that the 12 euro-zone countries, led by a resurgent Germany and France, enjoyed their strongest growth in six years, catching up with Britain, which continues to perform more robustly than even the prudent government anticipated. The 0.9% quarterly rise in the euro zone was fueled by a sequence straight out of the textbook: firms enjoying robust exports have been increasing their investment at home, which is creating jobs. Jobs, in turn, are giving a vital boost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Just Got Hotter | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...workshop on style and image where I took the students shopping and showed them how to choose outfits to perform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 28, 2006 | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

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