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But Saddam spoiled his own party. He rejected a condition that he respect U.N. resolutions calling for weapons inspections in Iraq and an accounting of some 600 missing Kuwaiti pows. "If sanctions aren't lifted," threatened Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, "no Kuwaiti should sleep well at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam In a Box | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

The graphic testimony given so far in the ongoing trial?including detailed forensic descriptions of how Selvamalar was shot in the head and the condition of her unborn child?comes at an unwelcome time for Malaysia's troubled police force. The case revives longstanding complaints by human rights advocates that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Policing the Police | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

There is a word--a decidedly straightforward one--for Donna's very extreme condition: electrophobia, or a morbid fear of electricity. You will find it listed right below eisoptrophobia (fear of mirrors) and not far above enetophobia, eosophobia and ereuthrophobia (fear of pins, daylight and blushing, respectively). And those are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear Not! | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

But a condition that is so easy to pick up is becoming almost as easy to shake, usually without resort to drugs. What turns up the wattage of a phobia the most is the strategy the phobics rely on to ease their discomfort: avoidance. The harder phobics work to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear Not! | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

1. Pedro Martinez, Red Sox: Unless the Yankees have him kneecapped, this is the surest bet in sports 2. Tim Hudson, A's: An emerging star 3. Roger Clemens, Yankees: Still in probably the best physical condition of any AL pitcher

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball 2001: What Will Happen | 3/30/2001 | See Source »

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