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...truly worth so much more? Perhaps not, since the president of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition maintains that "the machines that companies use as legitimate manufacturers are also available to the bad guys." But who are the bad guys here? To me, it's just as criminal to soak consumers for $1,465 more per handbag just because the real Louis Vuitton Speedy bag has a genuine leather zipper toggle and one less stitch on the handle strap. JEFF DEITRICH State College, Penn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 23, 2004 | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

Discovery is at the heart of the 57-year-old festival tradition. Every August some 500,000 tourists descend upon this picturesque city, doubling its population. They come from around the world to soak up a month-long string of arts festivals that virtually inundates Edinburgh. Schools, churches, caves and doorways become makeshift stages, eager actors thrust handbills at passersby, and anything that doesn't move is plastered with promotional flyers. There's something for everyone. If you like new plays, try the Traverse Theater. Opera and symphony concerts are around the corner at Usher Hall, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artistic Explosion | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

Walla Walla is abuzz with growth. There's a touch of theater, art galleries and about 40 wineries. Start your tour at Grapefields Wine Bar & Cafe, where the local winemakers gather and gab. Spend time there and soak up the recommendations--it's the place to mix and get the scoop on the hottest wines, both new and venerable. If you leave Walla Walla thinking you have just stumbled onto the next big wine thing, you just might be right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mount Merlot? | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...make a few gourdes, but nearly 90% of the country has been deforested, and last week the consequences were measured in bodies. The floods that devastated Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and killed by some estimates 2,000, were made worse in Haiti by the lack of roots to soak up rain and hold back sliding soil. Mud rushed down denuded mountains and engulfed entire towns like Mapou, near the Dominican border, where rescue workers fear as many as 1,000 people may have drowned or been buried alive. In Jimani, residents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

Jane Lynch, 52, struggled along for years before seeking help. A resident of Naperville, Ill., she had to give up aerobics classes and going for walks because she would soak her pants every time. For the past two years, she says, it happened three or four times a day. "It was a miserable, miserable feeling," says Lynch, who was finally helped by surgery last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body & Mind: Taking Back Control | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

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