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...actually had a shoe closet built in my apartment in Manhattan. The whole bedroom was designed around [it]. It's backlighted so they're presented almost like art; they're color coordinated; and they're behind smoke-glass doors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Access: Rise and Shine | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...fruit or pungent Eritrean spices and wander through the back lanes toward the Catholic cathedral, an imposing red-brick edifice that dominates the skyline. Nearby Liberation Avenue, Asmara's main street, features the gorgeous Art Deco Cinema Impero and Italian-style cafes where craggy old men sip cappuccinos and smoke cigarettes. My favorite Art Deco building is on the outskirts of town: the fantastic Fiat Tagliero gas station, which has long horizontal overhangs that jut out like giant wings from the central building. It's painted in subtle pink-and-green pastels and is soon to be converted into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asmara: Africa's Art Deco Capital | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...even higher but for the heroics of the train's driver, Vladimir Gorelov, who slammed on the brakes and contacted engineers to shut the power off so that people could get out of the train without risking electrocution. Some 500 people escaped. Despite the darkness, fire and the acrid smoke, witnesses said passengers were remarkably calm. Could they be getting used to such atrocities? The underground carnage was yet another reminder of how dangerous Russia has become since President Vladimir Putin came to power. While Putin has imposed draconian curbs on the media and created a tame parliament - some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror In The Dark | 2/8/2004 | See Source »

...there are a lot of people who do [this],” he said. “The types of people who use study drugs are not the type of people you expect...A lot of them are really serious students. It’s not like kids who smoke pot also take study drugs...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Turn To Drugs To Study | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...devastating a health problem as it is, surprisingly little attention is paid to obesity. The only public discussion of health issues usually revolves around smoking. Turn on the television and you find news programs that talk about evil tobacco companies and how unhealthy it is to smoke. The media is ceaseless in its condemnation of smoking, and it’s become so politically incorrect that it is almost impossible to do—being banned in practically all public areas from office buildings to bars. Whatever smokers are left, they live in a world that looks down upon their...

Author: By Brian A. Finn, | Title: Weighing in on the Fat Tax | 1/23/2004 | See Source »

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