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 COVER
STORY
The
New Pacific
Setting off to explore the islands, Time found an ocean
of stories. Faced with the challenges of the global
village, some peoples are prospering, easily melding
old ways with new; others struggle to cling to tradition
in a cyclone of change
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TO
OUR READERS...
TRAVELERS ADVISORY...
lLETTERS...
NOTEBOOK...
PACIFIC BEAT: Bougainville
talks; West Papua in coventry...
SPECIAL:
Pacific Journey
CLIMATE: Not Waving,
Drowning... Kiribati and Tuvalu fear being erased by
rising seas
MIGRATION: Outgoing
Tide... Small nations are losing their best and brightest
people
LAND RIGHTS: At
Loggerheads... Landowners and opportunists vie for Fiji's
mahogany wealth
MEDIA: Telling It Like
It Is... Nervous governments make life tough for local
newsmen
GOVERNMENT: The
Falling-to-Pieces Process... The Solomon Islands is
riven by corruption and lawlessness
DRUGS: Brewing Trouble...
As drinking rules lose their grip, kava is becoming
a social bane
RELIGION: Shopping
for Jesus... In Samoa, new brands of Christianity are
giving old ones a jolt
BUSINESS: Blooming
Economy... Fijian housewives find growth potential in
their backyards
WOMEN: No Room to Move...
In Vanuatu, women's freedom often sits uneasily with
tradition
SCIENCE: Gene Blues...
Tongans debate whether to give researchers access to
their dna
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MEDICINE:
Sweet and Deadly... Long-isolated islanders are vulnerable
to diet-related diseases
THE ARTS: Bringing Samoa
to Book... Sia Figiel writes about her homeland with
novel candor
ENVIROMENT: Nowhere
to Throw... Places like the Cook Islands have little
room for waste
FISHING: Conserving
the Catch... Fearful for the sea's health, Samoans apply
their own First Aid
THE ARTS: Tapa Recording...
Bark cloth documents island peoples' lives and legends
UNITED
STATES
THE PRESIDENCY: The Meaning of Stem Cells... How Bush
learned to disappoint, in a presidential way
EUROPE
DRUGS: A Continent Gone to Pot... Marijuana is virtually
legal as law enforcers turn a blind eye
MIDDLE
EAST
ISREAL: Cycle of Doom... Hopes for a truce explode in
a new round of retaliations
ON
MAGAZINE : Getting the most from your digital camera...
THE ARTS: Islamic art;
Pee-wee's back...
PERSONAL TIME: Your health and family
PEOPLE: Suge's back; so is Linda...
ESSAY: James Poniewozik on those '80s songs...
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