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...misnomer. Rohypnol is a street drug, and is a drug of choice for many people. Although its use is perhaps not as widespread as Ecstasy, Rohypnol can (and should) be considered a recreational drug like Ecstasy or cocaine Rohypnol is used as a depressant, often to combat a high from an upper such as Ecstasy, cocaine, or speed. Additionally, of course, Rohypnol has been used in scores of date-rape incidents, and it is because of these uses that Rohypnol has been inaccurately labeled the “date-rape drug...

Author: By Ellenor J. Honig, | Title: "Date-Rape Drug" is a Misleading Term | 10/29/2003 | See Source »

...combat this decaying process, the prints are put in cold storage and monitored for acidity and dryness...

Author: By Risheng Xu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Film Archive Restores Collection of 9,000 Titles | 10/29/2003 | See Source »

...Iraqi insurgency, it's widely believed that there are a number of different elements at work whose actions may not necessarily be coordinated. The guerrilla-style operations targeting U.S. forces - some of which have used relatively sophisticated explosive devices, mortars and RPGs as well as tactics that bespeak some combat training, are believed to involve elements of the military and security services of the old regime, as well as Iraqi and foreign Arab volunteers. U.S. officials claim that one of the men involved in the latest wave of suicide attacks carried a Syrian passport, suggesting involvement by foreign jihadis. Some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making it Safe to Leave Iraq | 10/29/2003 | See Source »

...principal European nation blocking the addition of Hamas to the E.U.’s official list of terrorist organizations. Including Hamas would not only raise awareness of the organization’s true nature, but it would also allow E.U. nations to take real steps to combat the group—such as seizing bank accounts, preventing money laundering and halting recruiting drives. Hamas did eventually make it on the list, but French waffling gave Hamas more time to raise money and recruit members. Who knows how many people died while Chirac kept the EU on the sidelines...

Author: By Zachary K. Goldman, | Title: The Spotlight's On | 10/28/2003 | See Source »

...Since President George W. Bush announced in May that "major combat operations" in Iraq were over, the U.S. has lost scores of troops there, reconstruction of war-torn Iraq has stalled, no weapons of mass destruction [WMD] have been found and we can't get substantial support from our allies. What a turnabout it would be if the Democrats use pictures of Bush landing on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln when they campaign to regain the White House. Stuart Fisher Abington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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