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...greatest luxury of retirement is returning to work--on their own terms. Robert Pamplin, 76, former head of the Georgia-Pacific Corp., prudently began plotting his corporate afterlife 10 years before he reached his company's mandatory retirement age. In 1976, on his 65th birthday, he bought a small sand-and-gravel company. Ten years and two other acquisitions later, he oversees a small empire with revenues of $420 million. Pamplin saw his postretirement course as a sort of duty. "God has given us certain talents," he says. "And he gave them to us to use." --TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 14 Years Ago In TIME | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

Southeast Asia's battle of the beaches has been raging since sun, surf and sand became a holiday Holy Grail to hordes of package tourists from cooler climes. Each season trumpets the discovery of yet another dream beach: lush palms, seafood fresh from the net, and miles of white sand, unblemished by footprints. Given the conflicting demands for laid-back escape and sumptuous lodging, nowhere has managed the mix better than Thailand. In the 1970s it was Pattaya. The 1980s: Phuket. Resorts by the score are already pining to supplant Ko Samui, favored destination of the '90s. Yet the victor...

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

...cranium was somewhat squashed, and blowing sand had eroded some of its detail, but it was nearly complete. And in a game where an entire jawbone is regarded as a rare treasure, the fossil was almost a miracle. Over the next seven months, the team found pieces of what it believes are at least five individuals of the same species, including two lower-jaw fragments and three isolated teeth. Without a telltale foot, leg or other skeletal feature, the team could not be positive that the animal walked upright, but its skull is similar in important ways to those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father of Us All? | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

...conclude that he belongs to an order of very hip monks. When Davis performs in concert, or does just about anything in public, he wears billowy pants, a long-sleeve T shirt or hooded sweatshirt, and a cap pulled down to eye level. He looks like one of the sand people from Star Wars, only with more sportswear logos. When Davis speaks--and he doesn't speak much--it's in a soft, measured voice, just above a whisper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Shadow's One-Man Band | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...salt and water, form patties and slap them onto a rock in the middle of the fire, which allows them to be covered with yummy carcinogenic ash. They are perhaps the driest things I have ever eaten--and as a child I would often be caught eating sand at the beach. "Oh Lordy, that's dry. It sucks the tissues out of your mouth," says retired plant ecologist Jack Taylor, after putting up a good fight with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have You Ever Tried Ashcakes? | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

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