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NETHERLANDS United in Death In life Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn divided his countrymen with controversial views on immigration. But after a gunman shot dead the flamboyant sociologist, who founded his eponymous party three months ago, thousands of Dutch, including many opponents, came together to demonstrate their horror at his death. More than 15,000 people lined the streets and 800 packed Rotterdam Cathedral for his funeral. Police arrested animal-rights campaigner Volkert van der Graaf on suspicion of the murder...
...Wednesday, it triggered a series of White House meetings and secure teleconferences among top Bush Administration officials. There was plenty of skepticism. And no one wanted to upset the banking sector with an unnecessary alert. (A warning issued the previous Monday was traced to a hoax perpetrated by a Dutch teenager...
...Arad and made of carbon fiber by Vitra, was originally launched by Vitra as the "well-tempered" chair and made of stainless steel in the 1987. Also of interest at the V&A is the section titled "One Designer's Fair," a look at a variety of items by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders, including a patterned black table that had other designers in heated debate as to what it was made made of. Plywood, it turned out, embossed and then stained to resemble leather...
...number of overdose deaths and emergency room visits, which the government’s own Department of Health and Human Services reports has escalated since the early 1980s and is currently at a record high. The same is true for Sabet’s ridiculous claim that the Dutch saw an exorbitant rise in marijuana use after decriminalization. The conclusion is drawn from a survey, and of course teens will be more willing to admit to an act once its legal...
Rates of marijuana use are lower in the Netherlands than they are in the U.S. This is especially true for younger teens, where 7.2 percent of Dutch children age 12-15 have tried marijuana compared to 13.5 percent of U.S. children the same...