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...patron of the Palestinian uprising, sending cash to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers instead of spending it to feed and house long-suffering Iraqis. Most of them despair. But they celebrate his birthday nonetheless. Karim, 36, who asked that I give him a pseudonym, runs a car-alarm business: the nouveau riche at the top of this corrupt society can easily afford his $45 systems to protect their new Nissans and Protons. But Karim cannot feed his family of four on his meager monthly food ration. His earnings at the shop let him buy a little meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's New Charm Offensive | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...Swedish results hold up, there still may not be any cause for alarm. "Just because you can detect something doesn't mean it's significant," says Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Maine in Orono. Our tools for detecting the presence of minute quantities of contaminants, she points out, are far more refined than our understanding of how the body deals with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do French Fries Cause Cancer? | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

...doors to Lamont is labeled “Emergency Exit” on the inside. This door, which does not trigger an alarm, is not reserved for any special daytime emergencies, but rather for use in the event that a student hidden in a fifth-floor reading room does not make it out before Lamont shuts down at 12:45 a.m. “When we close the library, all of the doors except that one lock from the inside also,” explains Joe Rindfleisch, access services assistant and evening supervisor at Lamont. “It?...

Author: By Abigail C. Lackman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

...double-barrelled relief tandem of juniors Kenon Ronz and Barry Wahlberg combined to put out a three-alarm fire in the fifth as Harvard held on for a 4-2 win. Wahlberg stayed on to close out the final two innings, earning his third save of the season...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crockett's Red Glare | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...District 11 Chief Patrick J. Ellard said that the fire was no more than a two-alarm incident, but that extra units had been called in because of the oil and gas at the scene...

Author: By Ronaldo Rauseo-ricupero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Substation Explodes | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

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