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...understandable but no less ironic twist of fate, the advent of effective anti-HIV drugs has lulled people at all levels of society into dropping their guard against HIV--just as it did in the U.S. and other countries. "This government has done a good job on treatment and care," says Dr. Praphan Phanupak of the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. "But they have to get back into prevention. There needs to be a balance [between treatment and prevention] if you want to contain this virus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Back on the AIDS Alert | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...Searchalert Locks allow security agents to open your luggage even if you have locked it. New twist: a green button turns red to let you know it has been searched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping Hassled Flyers | 7/18/2004 | See Source »

...understandable but no less ironic twist of fate, the advent of effective anti-HIV drugs has lulled folks at all levels of society into dropping their guard against HIV-just as it did in the U.S. and other countries. "This government has done a good job on treatment and care," says Dr. Praphan Phanupak of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. "But they have to get back into prevention. There needs to be a balance [between treatment and prevention] if you want to contain this virus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex, AIDS and Thailand | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...majority. Jefferson probably exaggerated his confidence in that fact, in hopes that Short would show the letter around Europe and bolster the perception of the U.S. as a smoothly running republic. By February 1801, when he wrote to his son-in-law, the race had taken an unexpected twist. He had bested John Adams, but now Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, were tied with 73 electoral votes apiece for President. In the House of Representatives, which was to decide the winner, there were eight states for Jefferson, six for Burr and two undecided. The body ultimately chose Jefferson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Jefferson: A Life In Letters | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

Saturn has seven rings, ranging in width from just 30 miles to 188,000 miles. Each is a shallow river of ancient ice and rocky rubble. Gravitational eddies-not to mention small moons circling within the rings and at their edges-twist the rubble into braids, ridges and gaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord Of The Rings | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

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