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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Militant Islam does not equal mainstream Islam," Emerson said. He went on to explain that this is a very important distinction and that those who attempt to slander him simply fail to appreciate this difference...

Author: By Rohit Goel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Islamic Students, Journalist Spar Over Terrorism | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...true that Boston lost this series with a spate of disastrous fielding errors and a horrific batting drought that reminded fans of old Sox teams, who would regularly load the bases with one out and fail to bring anyone home. But the natural highs and lows of this series (juxtaposed so stunningly in Games 3 and 4) will forever be stained by the artificial interference of poor umpiring calls in Games...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: No Apologies | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

...that doesn't work, then you get a call from Harvey. He doesn't waste any time and asks you immediately," Hauser adds. "I have never known this trio to fail...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller and James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Development Office Woos Donors With That Harvard Charm | 10/19/1999 | See Source »

...McLennan County, that message shows up everywhere from hard candies emblazoned SEX IS MINT FOR MARRIAGE to pledge cards asking kids to forswear sex. At La Vega, Tooley delivers a stern lecture on the ineffectiveness of condoms, telling students the devices fail to protect against hiv anywhere from 10% to 43% of the time (as opposed to the 1% failure rate claimed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when condoms are used properly). Students view graphic slides of a uterus before and after the onset of pelvic inflammatory disease. At a recent abstinence class for seventh- and eighth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preaching Chastity In the Classroom | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...superterrorist Osama bin Laden?s adventures in China may yet prove to be his undoing. The survival prospects for the international financier-revolutionary dimmed last week following the coup in Pakistan and a U.N. Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against his hosts ?- Afghanistan?s Taliban movement ?- if they fail to extradite Bin Laden for trial in the U.S. Beijing and Moscow were more than happy to support Washington in passing the Bin Laden resolution, because the fugitive Saudi is alleged to have actively supported Islamic separatists in Chechnya and in western China. "Even more important for Bin Laden, China appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Time, Bin Laden May Have Gone Too Far | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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