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Rock-throwing black and mixed-race protesters fought pitched battles with police in the southern city all week. The authorities responded with two new weapons. One is a water cannon that spews purple dye onto demonstrators so they can be identified later and arrested. The press immediately dubbed the substance purple rain. The second is more lethal: a rapid-fire gun mounted atop an armored personnel carrier that shoots potentially deadly rubber bullets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Opprobrium from All Sides | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Tazewell, the pill-induced crime wave started insidiously and then changed everything. Jerry Turley, a pharmacist, says it begins with people "sneaking into their grandmother's drawers and stealing stuff." But Connie Dye, whose nephew was convicted of robbing a pharmacy, says the situation has deteriorated to the point where "we've put dead bolts on our door. We even put a lock on our gate." For many Tazewell residents, that is the most tangible evidence that their way of life has quickly been lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prescription for Crime | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...jurisdiction by the I.C.C., which is, after all, an "internationally accepted means"? "You can dovetail that, but I can't," says the U.S. spokesman. While the U.N. debates, hundreds die in the region every day. - By Maryann Bird Food Fright BRITAIN A U.K. food scare involving the banned dye Sudan 1 - shown to be carcinogenic in rats - spread to 15 other, mostly European, countries. Britain issued an alert on Feb. 18 when Premier Foods reported that it found traces of Sudan 1 in a batch of chili powder in its Worcester Sauce. The alert led to the recall of more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...took off her uniform top, revealing a T shirt underneath, sat in a detainee's lap and ran her fingers through his hair. A supervisor monitoring the session immediately stopped it and gave the woman a written rebuke. Another female interrogator received a verbal warning after she wiped red dye on a detainee's shirt, saying it was blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Impure Tactics | 2/13/2005 | See Source »

...department of cultural affairs launched a two-week "Great Chicago Fire Sale," hoping to raise at least $250,000 for its financially strapped arts programs via an eBay auction of Windy City items, including an original Playboy-bunny costume, lunch with Oprah's decorator and a chance to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Creative Thinking In Chicago | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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