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This yearning for a mind-altering experience, especially one that is more reminiscent of Haight-Ashbury than Harajuku, has blossomed into a full-blown pop-cultural phenomenon. More and more Japanese kids are hanging out in the streets, parks and clubs in search of a psychedelic, '60s-style encounter that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo Takes a Trip | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

Call him the brother who couldn't shoot straight. While Bill Clinton ran the nation for eight years, his half brother, Roger, lived in Bill's shadow. Now Roger is sweating under the hot lights as questions pile up about whether he had a role in an outrageous array of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Questions About Roger Clinton's Slippery Schemes | 6/30/2001 | See Source »

I, for one, will take my hands off the wheel just long enough to applaud this turn of events. If the federal government is too wimpy to enforce safety measures, let?s turn to our state lawmakers. It?s about time for action. It?s been four years since the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell Phones: Unsafe at Any Speed | 6/12/2001 | See Source »

As an executive gets comfortable with the relationship, his handler might ask him to look for particular matters of interest on future trips abroad: say, the health of a political or military leader. That's where the slope gets slippery. Another, smaller part of the NRD's activity is the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Travel: When The CIA Calls | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

China's official reaction denouncing the comments was predictable. Bush?s comments put him on a slippery slope, because they diverge from the "strategic ambiguity" tack that has defined the relationship for Washington all these years. Republican and Democrat administrations - including President Bush's father - have since Nixon's opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Bush Comments Frighten Beijing | 4/26/2001 | See Source »

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