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Sunset over Ha Long Bay off the northeast coast of Vietnam creates a scene that defines the Orient. The silhouetted islands, great limestone columns soaring out over the sea from the slenderest of bases, assume such perfection of proportion and form as to mock all man-made sculpture as artless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Sea Legs in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

As patriotism swelled, the day threatened to loop us into the kinds of barbaric blood feuds from which we've always been able to stay away. So people lashed out, getting angry at our not very humble foreign policy, complaining about a culture of ironic detachment that made us unmoved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Want To Humble An Empire | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

As patriotism swelled, the day threatened to loop us into the kinds of barbaric blood feuds from which we've always been able to stay away. So people lashed out, getting angry at our not very humble foreign policy, complaining about a culture of ironic detachment that made us unmoved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: The Day of the Attack | 9/12/2001 | See Source »

The profile of American college students has changed dramatically over the past 20 years as the proportion of high school graduates going to college has increased from 49% to 63%. There are more minority students, more first-generation students--and more students who lack basic skills. Far more students must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome, Freshmen! | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

The House bill currently includes $33.5 billion in tax breaks and other incentives for the power industry aimed at increasing oil and gas exploration, developing new coal-burning technologies and promoting nuclear energy. Politically and substantively, the funds for conservation and alternative energy sources remain the afterthought rather than the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Senate Unplug Bush's Energy Plan? | 8/2/2001 | See Source »

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