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...pills have given the kids a future, and many are planning theirs. Stacey, 14, who is HIV-positive, says she wants to attend Willenson's new teen retreat program for HIV and AIDS kids ages 16 to 21 who need to learn self-sufficiency. Her long-term goal is to be a lawyer. But for now she savors her rich life of school, cheerleading, volleyball and dating back in Dundee, Mich. "I've had my heart broken a lot, but this camp helped educate me so I can go out and educate others," says Stacey. "That's what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Of Their Lives | 8/12/2002 | See Source »

...four-hour drive north of Dili, the hotel is surrounded on all sides by a jagged mountain range that resembles the Swiss Alps without the altitude. A gracious establishment with wide, marble verandas, luxurious rooms, cultivated rose gardens and crisp, clean air, the hotel was once the favored retreat for Portuguese colonials living in Dili, though it quickly fell into disrepair under the Indonesians, who considered its 360 views of the surrounding countryside perfect for an army observation post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land That Time Forgot | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

...reasons, and by the Labor Party as a means of showing ordinary Palestinians that Israel is willing to address their sharpest grievance in exchange for an end to violence. But Sharon has long been a champion of the settlement movement, and has until now sharply rejected the idea of retreat even from the most isolated settlements in Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Hope for Mideast Truce? | 8/7/2002 | See Source »

...ensuing half-century, Hua Hin was the place to sun and be seen by upscale Asians and resident expats. But the onset of group travel sent beachgoers to a succession of swank, new beach resorts, leaving Thais largely alone for the past few decades in their unheralded but tranquil retreat a quick dash from the congested capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Hua Hin Resort Has the Royal Touch | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...will it change? "Ten years ago, this was a nice weekend retreat," says Joy Menzies, a British woman who has lived in Thailand for 10 years. "Quiet, peaceful, the place nobody outside Thailand really knew about." That's no longer true, and Menzies is part of the reason. She's general manager of the Chiva-Som, an opulent spa and health center that serves stars like Hugh Grant and Naomi Campbell. Clients pony up $500 or more per day for facials, aquatic therapy, papaya foot wraps and a full menu of East-meets-West massages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's Hua Hin Resort Has the Royal Touch | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

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