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...perplexed that we never suggest the most likely hideout for bin Laden--Saudi Arabia. Where do you go when there is no place left to go? You go home! His rich family has the financial ability and the political influence to protect him. He could easily exist there without our knowledge. George Merriweather Ojai, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 16, 2002 | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...fleet patrols Asia's sea lanes, ensuring that precious oil can be imported and profitable consumer goods exported. Tens of thousands of American servicemen are stationed in nearly 200 military installations across Asia, in theory to protect the region from ruinous conflict. American culture has put its technicolor stamp just about everywhere. The West Wing is a hit in Hong Kong and Friends is very popular in?of all places?Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Hearts and Minds | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

...with all 10 fingers," he lectures, holding his hands in front of his face, "and you may wind up at the end with only one." He wraps a fist around his pinky, and delivers the moral: "Then you just have to hold on to that one finger and protect it as much as you can. That's the only way you can keep a little bit of yourself in the film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Safe | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

During the bloody insurrection that produced the new nation of East Timor, Hasan Basri presented residents of the small town of Venelale with a proposition: give me your youngest children. I will feed them, I will educate them, and most importantly, I will protect them. At the time, Jose Pereira, a poor local farmer, awoke each morning wondering if that day the truckload of Indonesian soldiers would appear in their vengeful hunt for independence fighters and attack his family. He listened carefully to what the stranger offered. Hasan said he had government funding. He would take the children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Timor's Lost Boys | 12/15/2002 | See Source »

...each million vaccinated. Between 15 and 52 of those million people will develop life-threatening reactions, including but not limited to high fever, rash and toxic reactions at the vaccination site. We are still using the vaccine developed in 1796; researchers are working on less risky ways to protect against smallpox, but for the time being this vaccination is the best line of defense we have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smallpox: Your Questions Answered | 12/13/2002 | See Source »

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