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...Esalen institute?the 44-year-old spiritual retreat once infamous as a flashpoint of the hippy movement?is offering a spectacular new high. And this time, it has nothing to do with the LSD-inspired antics of past luminary visitors such as Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary. Instead, the not-for-profit seminar center?set amid a spectacular 165 acres of California's Big Sur coastline?has thrown open its extensively renovated thermal-spring baths to the public. You need to pay a $20 fee and make an advance reservation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phone In, Strip Off, Chill Out | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...unsure whether the abrasive, ambitious al-Zarqawi would make a reliable lieutenant. But al-Zarqawi would not be dissuaded. According to an account of the meeting by Saif al-Adel, a former member of bin Laden's inner circle, that appeared on jihadist websites, al-Zarqawi "doesn't retreat on anything ... He doesn't compromise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise Of an Evil Protégé | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...Republicans are preparing to retaliate by running a vomitous television ad portraying Dean, Kerry and others as "retreat and defeat" Democrats, waving the white flag of surrender. In this holiday season, out of respect for the dead and wounded, and the enormity of the tragedy, wouldn't it be nice if all those rabid partisans-on both sides-just gave it a rest for a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Washington Is Playing with Fire | 12/10/2005 | See Source »

...congressional retreat in Maryland the next day, G.O.P. leaders--eager to share blame for the party's woes--lit into White House aides, charging that members of Congress have to trek to Iraq to hear about progress there and that the Administration has been AWOL in touting the economy. Bush aides admitted they have been behind the eight ball, partly because of Hurricane Katrina, and detailed a blueprint for better communications. Bush dashed into the Rose Garden late last week to declare that the economy "continues to gain strength and momentum." The event had been thrown together so quickly that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking Up Iraq at Home ... | 12/5/2005 | See Source »

...RESORTS Sun-loving fashionistas retreat to Le Sereno on St. Bart's to lounge in elegant interiors designed by Christian Liaigre. In the middle of the Indian Ocean in the North Male Atoll is One&Only Maldives at Reethi Rah. You can reserve the 109-acre island with 12 beaches for a price of $1 million for five days. The Wynn Las Vegas is secluded from the Strip by a 140-ft. mountain and 100-ft. waterfall and has a Ferrari Maserati dealership on the premises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

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