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Those most engaged in the protesting were quick to boast of its strength...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students, Faculty Protest War But Differ on Tactics | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Iraq is the key, in the Bush administration's most optimistic scenario, to remaking the Middle East to drain the swamp that breeds international terrorism. A swift and decisive military victory has provided an awesome demonstration of U.S. power and resolve, and struck down the traditional boast of Osama bin Laden's propagandists that the U.S. is afraid of a fight. Considerably less certain, however, are the prospects for a rapid postwar transition in which Iraq becomes the Arab world's first democracy with a prosperity and Western orientation Washington hopes will serve as a wakeup call to a deeply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George W. of Arabia | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Hill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The neighborhood provides a glimpse of 19th century Grand Rapids, plus Frank Lloyd Wright's 1906 Meyer May House. Find free walking-tour guides at the Heritage Hill Association on College Avenue. A BIT OF NATURE: The Frederik Meijer Gardens boast themed botanical exhibits (the carnivorous plants are only a bit creepy) and a 125-acre sculpture park. DINNER: The 1913 Room is Michigan's one triple-A, five-diamond restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grand Rapids | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

...built it in 1984, casting it in concrete at a scale of 2 cm to 1 m. "I know every nook and cranny of the (real) place," he says, and it's no idle boast. Dy, 66, was part of a team of artists that drew up complete architectural blueprints of Angkor Wat in 1969 for the Ecole Fran?aise d'Extr?me Orient research organization. Those blueprints are proudly displayed on a wall in his workshop, along with an award from Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk in recognition of his work as an artist. In a visitors' book, one tourist rates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour: Stone Temple Pilot | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

...Tigers boast senior Thomas Pauly—who was yesterday named a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection and one of the league’s top prospects...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Battles Princeton For Ivies | 5/9/2003 | See Source »

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