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The history of movie romance is the story of beautiful people with terrible problems. That's The Fountain in a nutshell. Jackman is medical scientist Tom Creo, who's conducting experiments to "stop aging. Stop dying." He has been injecting Mayan medicine into the tumorous brain of a monkey named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Admit It: I Liked The Fountain | 11/22/2006 | See Source »

In one of the last strongholds of communism, George W. Bush worshiped in a wooden pew at a hybrid Catholic-evangelical service--"a moment," he later called it, "to converse with God in a church here in Hanoi." Earlier, his presidential motorcade had sped beneath a hammer and sickle formed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escaping Washington, But Not Escaping Iraq | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

Jet-setters just can't catch a break. Ticket prices are rising, and U.S. airlines, trying to pump up their bottom lines, keep stripping amenities. So book a flight overseas: international carriers are rolling out unique luxuries that could offer solace to the weary traveler.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In-Flight Incentives | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

This new PASS card will have a radio antenna embedded into the plastic that transmits a code unique to the cardholder. The signal is picked up by the immigration agent's computer, and the traveler's photograph and biographical information in the DHS database pops up on the screen. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EZPass for the Border | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

However, to prevent any potential abuse, DHS is considering issuing a protective metallic sleeve that would interrupt the signal when a traveler isn't near the border crossing; DHS could also program the number to constantly change to make it harder to match. Kraninger, for her part, is betting millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EZPass for the Border | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

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