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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Yemeni officials privately criticize the Bush Administration for demanding better results while withholding substantial aid that could help the impoverished country be more effective in the fight. "The U.S. should provide more assistance, more equipment, more training," a former senior government official tells TIME. "The assistance is like a drip from a faucet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Yemen, a Massacre of Americans Is Averted | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...Drip-Drip Effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Truth About Teen Girls | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...between fact and fiction." Studies support her: teens are less susceptible to media firestorms that galvanize the grownups, like those set off by a famous pregnant person or a seminaked tween star. But when most outlets say the same thing, the effect can be overwhelming. "We call this the drip-drip vs. the drench effect," says Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Truth About Teen Girls | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

Orlando, FLA.: You're thinking roving packs of sunburned children who let their ice cream drip on your toes as you wait to ride Space Mountain. You're thinking overpriced hot dogs and hotel pools crammed with little kids leaving warm spots. All true, but the city has also quietly become a favored destination for adults traveling without kids. Some 54% of adults who visit the city now do so without children--66% if you include convention attendees, according to travel researcher D.K. Shifflet & Associates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orlando for Grownups | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...with diesel fuel for cars and they were taking it to fishermen to sell on the black market," says Al-Faw military commander Colonel Kareem Talaa, as one of his officers pierced the top of a canister with a knife and then tipped it to let a translucent liquid drip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Iraq and Iran Meet, Uneasily | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

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