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...after Katrina's landfall, Bush awoke in San Diego and just after 5 a.m. local time talked to an aide about the seriousness of the storm, then convened an emergency conference call of his top staff. He was scheduled to spend a few more nights at the ranch, but an aide said he blurted out, "We're going back." Bush also said he wanted Cabinet members recalled from vacations. At a Cabinet meeting last week, according to a participant, Bush said he knew he had "a big problem to solve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living Too Much in the Bubble? | 9/11/2005 | See Source »

Resorts and cruise lines have risen to meet the new demand. The Broadmoor, a venerable hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., has seen a 3% increase each year in the number of multigenerational families who celebrate holidays there. Canyon Ranch, which has enjoyed a steady Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter business, added Passover seders seven or eight years ago. They are populated mostly by couples, like the Friends, who leave the family behind to get a new type of R. and R.: religion and relaxation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Away | 9/4/2005 | See Source »

Jonell Chavez, 49, was able to draw on a lifetime of valuable experience when she bought JD's Farm and Ranch, a hardware and farming store, nearly two years ago. Chavez, who grew up on a farm, had been working in the Moriarty, N.M., store since 1984, doing everything from loading cattle feed and ordering supplies to waiting on customers. When the owner of the shop wanted to sell, Chavez saw a perfect opportunity for herself. She didn't want to be out of a job, wasn't ready to retire and hoped to stay in a business that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switching Roles | 9/4/2005 | See Source »

...Hill. "I know patients whose doctors said, 'You can't have bulimia. That's a young white woman's disease.'" The tendency to overlook the disorder is exacerbated by the fact that many mature patients can't be neatly classified as anorexic or bulimic. Most older patients at Remuda Ranch are classified as EDNOS, eating disorders not otherwise specified, says Dr. Edward Camella, Remuda's director of research and education. Such patients often rely on idiosyncratic dieting and compulsive exercise to control their weight. "It used to be that they were terrified of fat grams, but now they're terrified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body & Mind: Not Just for Kids | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

...another routine night for Shawn Carpenter. After a long day analyzing computer-network security for Sandia National Laboratories, where much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal is designed, Carpenter, 36, retreated to his ranch house in the hills overlooking Albuquerque, N.M., for a quick dinner and an early bedtime. He set his alarm for 2 a.m. Waking in the dark, he took a thermos of coffee and a pack of Nicorette gum to the cluster of computer terminals in his home office. As he had almost every night for the previous four months, he worked at his secret volunteer job until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

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