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...When administration officials made their case against Iraq, their primary casus belli was the store of forbidden weapons of mass destruction that Saddam was allegedly hiding. "Iraq continues to conceal quantities, vast quantities, of highly lethal material and [the] weapons to deliver it," Colin Powell intoned during his presentation at the United Nations in February. After two months of looking, U.S. forces have yet to turn up any quantity of WMD, vast or otherwise, which explains why Fleischer and his counterparts at the State and Defense departments rarely mention Saddam's illegal weapons unless asked by reporters. In another recalibration...
...Trekkers, though, are scrupulously monitored. Much of Sikkim is forbidden to foreigners, and access to the rest is governed by permits. Our trek was a seven-day slog toward the Goecha La plateau to see the sun rise on the world's third highest mountain: the mighty, 8,586-meter Kanchenjunga. Apart from a guide, it required three permits. But even if it wasn't illegal, wandering alone is a brow-furrowing prospect, for trails quickly extend beyond the reach of telephones. Dialing air rescue in emergencies is not an option, which is why, by the time we started, staff...
...cope by living in the small cracks in the system. It is in these cracks that Persepolis shines. When Satrapi and her friends are handed veils to wear, they tie them together to make a jump rope. From her parents' vacation to Turkey, she asks them to bring back forbidden tokens of Western culture: a denim jacket, chocolate and posters of Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden, which they dutifully smuggle in the lining of a coat. After she is threatened by the Guardians of the Revolution on the street, who berate her for her sneakers and jacket, she locks herself...
...aver that they aren't worried yet; nevertheless, face masks and vitamin C are in short supply. "I don't think anyone believes there are hundreds of cases being hidden here, like in Beijing," says a Shanghai respiratory-disease specialist who, along with other doctors in Shanghai, has been forbidden by the local propaganda department to talk with the foreign media about SARS. "But if Shanghai people lose trust in the way the health bureau is classifying SARS cases, they may also lose trust in the whole government. That would be a real crisis...
Although the club sports handbook states that “The use of alcohol at any club event is strictly forbidden and will result in automatic suspension of club activities,” the rugby team should not lose their club status on these grounds. This policy makes little sense to begin with. Clubs should be able to serve alcohol at events to members who are of legal age. As long as no laws are being broken, it is not necessary to restrict drinking entirely—it surely is possible for students to consume alcohol responsibly. Furthermore, this policy...