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...plan looks like a good deal for the folks of Tambogrande, Peru. The Vancouver-based firm wants to invest $405 million to mine gold at Tambogrande, a town of 16,000 people in Peru's impoverished, northwest Piura state. Manhattan has promised to build new public infrastructure and to erect new, modern homes for any relocated residents--about a third of the town's population. The neighborhood would have electricity, potable running water, sewerage and paved streets--amenities now available to only 15% of the people in that area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mining: Not Golden | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...DEPTH, Sept. 22]. If Sims really wishes to make amends to Ware's family, he could pay for a proper burial for the child. Perhaps it could be in the same cemetery where the four little black girls who died in the Baptist-church bombing are buried. Sims could erect an appropriate memorial at the burial site to replace the unmarked grave in which Ware now lies. Alternatively, a memorial fund for Virgil Ware could be established. I would be happy to make a contribution. MAUREEN MADDEN Oro Valley, Ariz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 13, 2003 | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...most immediate crisis would involve the need to treat Arafat's condition. The Ramallah compound in which Arafat has been holed up for the best part of two years is hardly the most conducive environment for invasive surgery. It would, in theory, be possible to erect a surgical suite at the compound, but hospitalization would certainly be preferable from a medical standpoint. Israel has until now insisted that if Arafat leaves his compound, he'd be on a one-way ticket out of the West Bank. And each new terror attack brings renewed public and political pressure on Sharon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arafat's Illness | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

Members of the men’s crew team erect a nine-foot tall snow penis in Tercentenary Theatre. Two women destroy the icy phallus shortly after its erection, prompting a heated debate over the right to free speech...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Look Back | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...wrote, “should have to be subjected to an erect penis without his or her express permission or consent...

Author: By Hera A. Abbasi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: People in the News: Amy Keel '04 | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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