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...materials and the capability to assemble up to six nuclear weapons within a few months, and left undeterred it could build a lot more over the next decade. Besides the prospect of a nuclear-armed North Korea triggering a regional arms race and destabilizing much of Asia, Pyongyang's basket-case economy has made it almost heavily reliant for foreign exchange on the sale of missiles and other weapons systems. The fear that North Korea might eventually sell nuclear weapons to rogue regimes or terrorists is at the center of Washington's concerns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Talk About When We Talk About North Korea | 8/14/2003 | See Source »

...this game’s rules from the last time I played it, only a week prior. Not that I really care. Pitifully shooting ten percent from the floor, I derive fun from my two modest goals: stealing rebounds and (more importantly) successfully throwing the ball into the basket. I keep it simple...

Author: By Jasmine J. Mahmoud, | Title: A Wider Perspective | 7/18/2003 | See Source »

...gave a $1 million contract to soccer prodigy Freddy Adu, 14. And rival shoemaker Reebok has signed its own precocious pitchman, Mark Walker, who is all of 3 years old. Reebok features Walker on its website, reebok.com where in a video clip he nails 18 straight shots into a basket set up in his family's garage. Jim Thompson, president of the nonprofit Positive Coaching Alliance, calls the clip innocent and sweet. But he considers "creepy" another spot, in which Walker stares into the camera and declares, "I am Reebok." The company says it is merely showcasing Walker's skills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Briefing | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

Lavietes grew up in New Haven, Conn. His family owned a basket-making company in nearby Shelton...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...years, Merchant was universally recognized as one of those people due to inherit the earth. But there was nothing meek about his last-ever game against Princeton, when Merchant exploded for a game-high 22 points, his two three-pointers in the final minute singlehandedly bringing Harvard within a basket of toppling the Tigers...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Battles to Doomed End | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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