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...least 10 such attacks, some of them in collaboration with Hamas or Islamic Jihad. The Brigades activists are generally not religious fanatics. "Within Palestinian society, in the past year, a very broad mechanism of social approval has been created that makes it possible for even less religious people to commit suicide," says Ehud Sprinzak, a political scientist at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. "There's enormous despair. There's no meaning to life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Suicide Bombing... ...Is Now All The Rage | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

ALTERNATE ENDING In the original finish, villains--we won't say which ones--go on to commit more crimes. The two alternate versions offer twists--the bad guys are foiled entirely in one ending, and in the other they carry on more peaceably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When It Comes to DVDs, It's Not Over Till It's Over | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...study published in the journal Science. The report, which followed 707 individuals over 17 years, is the first to link TV viewing in adolescence to ADULT aggression. Researchers found that 29% of 14-year-olds who watched TV for more than three hours a day went on to commit violent acts in their late teens and early 20s. Still unclear is whether TV causes the behavior or whether other factors linked with heavy TV viewing, such as unemployment, play a role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Violence And Viewing | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...should always be illegal to sell drugs to children and commit crimes while under the influence of controlled substances. But Johnson said he does not believe the government should regulate citizens’ private behavior, including whether they do drugs in their own homes...

Author: By Michael A. Capuano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Governor Defends Drug Legalization | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...prayed. And I just said, ‘You know, God, I believe in this. And I believe that You sent Jesus to die for my sins.’ Part of me was laughing at myself for saying it, but part of it just felt so good to commit myself to that core belief of believing in Jesus, believing in salvation through grace...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Checking God Off Your To-Do List | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

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