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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...record level of applications, he added, made it difficult to cull three winners from the many nominated...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Honors Top Teachers | 5/3/2002 | See Source »

...explored?the Indian island chain harbors some of the most diverse marine life in South Asian waters. Unlike Asian reefs decimated by dynamite and cyanide fishing and eroded by toxic runoff, Andaman coral thrives. A recent Reefwatch Marine Conservation survey found that the reefs were spared the worldwide coral cull caused by the El Ni??o...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour: India | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...modifications don't stop there. "We'll have live targets, something that will make a noise when it's hit," says Roy of the biathlon competition. "And we can have a kangaroo cull. God we're going to have fun." Apparently, the caravan park at Smiggin Holes has been thrown open for the athletes' village, and the local operator of a toilet cleaning business, Dougie Does Dunnies, has promised to provide the cleanest toilets of any Olympic Games in history. Jacques Rogge called the official bid film "very impressive," and the latest good news is that the Kentucky Fried Chicken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics 2010: On to Smiggin Holes! | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

With the women stripped of their burkas, it was a simple task for the Taliban invaders to cull the young beauties. Nafiza was one of them. Green-eyed, with raven-black hair that grazed her waist, Nafiza had rushed to help Shah Jan get her three kids out of the burning house. A Taliban fighter spotted the woman with the emerald eyes. She was his prize. With the butt of his AK-47 rifle, he slammed Nafiza into the dust and dragged her, crying and pleading, to the highway. There, Arabs and Pakistanis of al-Qaeda joined the Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lifting The Veil On Sex Slavery | 2/18/2002 | See Source »

...miss a favorite newspaper cartoon last week because of an early morning meeting? Well, we cull the papers for our Cartoons of the Week. --Visit time.com/cartoons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME.com This Week: JULY 16-23 | 7/23/2001 | See Source »

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