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...Nagano is best known for the 1998 Winter Olympics held in its capital, a postcard-pretty ski resort of 363,000. The entire prefecture bought into an Olympic pipe dream, convinced that building a luge run and hosting Lycra-clad skaters would somehow translate into a big pot of gold. A bullet-train line was built from Tokyo, hotels went up, airport runways were laid down. In all, nearly $1 billion was spent. But once the Olympic torch was extinguished, Nagano's post-Olympic boom failed to materialize. The city's downtown looks deserted and there's plenty of room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grooviest Guv | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

Show me a government that can break down your door, cuff you and toss you in jail all because it doesn't like what you put in your pipe, and I'll show you a government to fear and loathe. Whether it's pulling over suspicious-looking motorists or gunning down airborne missionaries, the drug war is a menace to freedom and security. JOHN SCHULLER Morrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 28, 2001 | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

...sharpen visual acuity. There are bilingual products said to train baby brains so they will be more receptive to multiple languages. The hard sell even follows kids to the one place you'd think they'd be allowed some peace--the womb--with handheld tummy speakers designed to pipe music and voices to the unborn baby, the better to stimulate the growing brain and get it ready for the work it will eventually have to do. Parents who don't avail themselves of these products do so at their children's peril: the brain, they are told, has very limited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Super Kid | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...When Walden conducts seminars - whether in Italy or India - they sell out months in advance. "She's one of the crown jewels," says India Supera, executive director of the Feathered Pipe yoga retreat in Helena, Mont. Yoga is more popular than ever, and Supera credits Walden's early teaching videos with helping move it into the mainstream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Balancing Body, Mind and Spirit | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...sharpen visual acuity. There are bilingual products said to train baby brains so they will be more receptive to multiple languages. The hard sell even follows kids to the one place you'd think they'd be allowed some peace - the womb - with handheld tummy speakers designed to pipe music and voices to the unborn baby, the better to stimulate the growing brain and get it ready for the work it will eventually have to do. Parents who don't avail themselves of these products do so at their children's peril: the brain, they are told, has very limited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Superkid | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

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