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...INOUI As a child, Sophie Larger adored the beanbag her mother made for her. At 33, the French designer now makes her own playful versions from stretch Lycra - "swimming-suit material" - and inflatable rubber. While the padded Doum is irresistible to kids, she recommends parents pair it with a Louis XV commode. inouidesign.com

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bags of Style | 6/22/2006 | See Source »

...This proposal, according to one Israeli penitentiary official, began as a whispered idea in the prison showers and as notes slipped between inmates during jail yard exercises. The creators of the plan are all convicted terrorists, but their years spent in Israeli custody, and the yawning stretch of jail time ahead of them, have turned them into realists. They realize Palestinians will never drive Israelis into the sea and that their best hope is for separate Israeli and Palestinian states to live side by side as wary neighbors. It is a sober appraisal that, according to a recent poll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas and Abbas: Groping for a Truce | 6/20/2006 | See Source »

...particularly adept at stealing time between events, such as on the way to work or the way home from school. We stretch our pit stops into rest stops. We grab 20 min. of tranquillity at Starbucks. Stuck in traffic, we call an old college friend and chitchat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Sit Back and Relax! | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...Francesca Savige); her shrewish mother Gwen (Barbara Lowing) in turn is being gently snubbed by the headmaster's aloof wife Coral (Georgina Symes). As the three families go their separate ways over Christmas?to camp, caravan park and Gold Coast resort, respectively?only to meet up on the same stretch of beach after a New Year storm, Gow miraculously captures the full weave of Australian baby-boomer society. Here the cultural reference points are Kim Novak, Chips Rafferty and Dame Pattie Menzies, and Roger Kemp's production design rings true right down to the box of Bex on the lino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Takes a Holiday | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...Lippi inserting striker Allesandro Del Piero and Arena countering with the no-nonsense defender Jimmy Conrad, who would bully Italians for the rest of the night. But it was American keep Kasey Keller who would soon earn his man of the match with a number of saves at full stretch, including one in the 73rd minute on a shot by Del Piero, as the American fans howled their approval. With 10 minutes left in the game, it was clear the U.S. would settle for the draw, and they defended grimly until the end, finishing to a rapturous applause from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Team USA Lives On | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

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