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The militias' reach extends beyond the camps. In Dili's giddy bustle, ragged storekeepers in plywood shanties offer cheap Indonesian cigarettes smuggled in from West Timor, often with militia help. Lieut. Peter Ireland, who commands a U.N. reconnaissance platoon, says his teams spy on border markets. In West Timor, pro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Payback Time | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

Here comes the latest horror story from the ragged frontier of care for the elderly. Like a lot of aging baby boomers struggling with ailing parents, Peter Levang fretted 2 1/2 years ago when his mother Dolores, already plagued with mild dementia, became incontinent. He considered a nursing home--the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Than A Nursing Home? | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

PLAYING WITH FIRE: Sebastian Junger's first book, "The Perfect Storm" (1997), was a huge bestseller that was made into a movie. Kirkus is betting on his follow-up book, "Fire" (Norton; October 1), giving it a starred review. "Run-for-cover writing from scary places, by Junger, a man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: Asian Beauty Edition | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

Barreling south along the Northern Territory's Stuart Highway?about 280 km north of Alice Springs?past midnight on July 15, truck driver Vince Miller only glimpsed the ragged woman before he jammed on the brakes. With the trailers of his road train snaking out of control behind him, Miller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror Australia | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

bittersweet nightshade, heal-all, true forget-me-not, blue vervain, spring larkspur, spiderwort, monkeyflower, dog violet, common butterwort, spurred butterfly, crown vetch, henbit, spotted Joe-Pye weed, gray beardtongue, spreading dogbane, live forever, steeplebush, crazyweed, woolly locoweed, hairy vetch, lady's thumb, common speedwell, field milkwort, Lyon's turtlehead, ragged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Considering the Lillies (and Other Flowers) of the Field | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

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