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...armory, the other a kitchen. Trainees live and sleep in the open, whether in the sweltering summer or the depth of winter. The field is dotted with installations used to teach the fervent young?some no older than 14?how to cross a river, climb a mountain or ambush a military convoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Jihad | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...enough to shave? After he serves time in prison and tries to lead an honest life raising horses, the "traps"--police constables--keep persecuting and trumping up charges against him. Finally, he learns, they plan to track down and kill him. Ned, his younger brother Dan and two confederates ambush the ambushers and strike first: "Events continued without relent Dear God Jesus it were a sorry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sympathy for An Outlaw | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...with predictable fury. "President Bush is starting out on a very bad foot," said New York House Democrat Carolyn Maloney. "Every day, at least 1,600 women and girls die from the complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Bush's decision to impose a gag rule is a pure legislative ambush, and the victims of this ambush are the world's poorest women and girls." And Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood, was equally vociferous: "It is evidence of the hard-line agenda on reproductive health and rights that the Bush administration will undoubtedly take," she told TIME. "It's evidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Acts on Abortion 'Gag Rule' | 1/22/2001 | See Source »

...street clashes of the three-month-long Aqsa intifadeh are slowing for now, as Palestinian negotiators sweat through peace talks with Israeli and U.S. officials. But on the streets of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a dirty counterpart to the intifadeh is gathering pace, marked by deceit, ambush and death. In the past two months, Israeli special units have assassinated at least 13 Palestinians like Abu Sway who they believe were involved in attacks against Israel. And Palestinian traitor hunters are also taking a toll. Men like Shahine, accused of collaboration in those attacks, also face death, either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Work Of Assassins | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...love of supersizing and Shake 'n Bake, were watching TV about real food. But as the network focused on attracting noncooks and stoking its chefs' celebrity, it became harder and harder to find actual cooking on the network. There was Gordon Elliott, doing his version of Tom Green's ambush comedy on Door Knock Dinners; cute Brit Jamie Oliver having dinner with his girlfriend on The Naked Chef; and Jill Cordes and Marc Silverstein doing roving-food-reporter segments on The Best Of. When someone did manage a recipe on air, it was likely to be Isaac Hayes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling The Sizzle, Not The Steak | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

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