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PROMISE The fastidious Ohioan didn't drink or smoke. He wanted more time to train the Army, but Lincoln ordered him ahead, saying "They are green also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All the President's Men | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

...death. One reason is that while people felt strongly the symbolic loss of a President through the nation's first assassination, few knew what to make of Lincoln as a man. Beneath the spectacular symbols of mourning--houses draped in black, endless ceremonies as his body was taken by train from Washington to his home of Springfield--was an intense ambiguity: stories circulated regularly about him as a religious doubter, a teller of vulgar stories, an uncouth and awkward man, a usurper of power. But Republicans saw him as a great asset and tried to build a myth that would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The True Lincoln | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

...airport with but one desire: to get to the coast as fast as possible. There's good news if your chosen resort is Hua Hin. After a three-year hiatus, commercial flights have resumed between Bangkok and the seaside sanctuary most favored by Thailand's royal family. With the train taking more than four hours-and the tiresome 200-km road trip lasting almost as long, depending on traffic conditions-the new, thrice-daily airborne hop, at just 45 minutes, will have you on the beach quicker than you can say, "Make mine a Singha." The single-propeller Cessna service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Traveler | 6/24/2005 | See Source »

...together. Now they are back in Tough Guys, which finished filming last week in California, and the more things change the more they play the same. The toothy twosome portray--you guessed it--jailbirds who get out of the slammer and decide to do one more job, on a train called the Golden Flyer. "It's a love story of affection between two men," explains Douglas. "The emphasis is on the importance of friendship." Speaking of friends, how did it feel to be reteamed with Lancaster? "We're still talking," says Douglas. "We're still fighting and arguing. We should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 5, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...cool. But at the white clapboard St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church, as the jubilant bride arrived in a muslin silk and lace Marc Bohan gown, she had a sunny smile for crowds that had been gathering since before 9 a.m. Helping the bride with her 11-ft. train were her ten attendants, including her cousin Caroline Kennedy as maid of honor. Schwarzenegger had arrived the day before from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he had been shooting his latest film. On his way to the church, he slowed his limousine out front, rolled down the window and, holding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weddings: Shriver and Schwarzenegger: Keeping It All Very Private | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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