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...going to educate the host country." There has also been a disagreement over other tactics. For as long as the FBI has been investigating overseas, it has wanted to carry "long guns" like rifles or submachine guns. State has blocked that, saying the bigger weapons are intimidating and heighten tensions, and therefore increase the likelihood of trouble. After heated debate, FBI agents were finally permitted to carry long guns hidden in their vehicles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing Link | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

...going to educate the host country." There has also been a disagreement over other tactics. For as long as the FBI has been investigating overseas, it has wanted to carry "long guns" like rifles or submachine guns. State has blocked that, saying the bigger weapons are intimidating and heighten tensions, and therefore increase the likelihood of trouble. After heated debate, FBI agents were finally permitted to carry long guns hidden in their vehicles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing Link | 7/10/2001 | See Source »

...March, another Florida jury sentenced14-year-old Lionel Tate, who killed a younger girl while practicing wrestling moves on her, to life in prison without parole. The concurrent Brazill and Tate trials served to heighten the public misconception that juvenile violent crime is on the rise; in fact, recent figures show a precipitous drop over the last five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the Law Treat Kids and Adults Differently? | 5/17/2001 | See Source »

...minutes worth of footage, which now clocks in at a whopping 3 1/4 hours. The original tale where Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent up the Nung river in Vietnam to meet the potentially insane Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) and "terminate with extreme prejudice," has been altered to heighten some of the film's sparse humorous moments, as Coppola has added one scene with Marlon Brando, as well as included scenes with Playboy Playmates. The August 15th release coincides with the 22nd anniversary of the film's original theatrical run. Fans of the original will flock to see another...

Author: By Stanley P. Chang, James Crawford, Yan Fang, Andrew D. Goulet, and Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Summer Movie Preview | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

pinpointed in November's survey, HUDS is still committed to doing even more to heighten the quality of the undergraduate dining experience. As McGahey says, the HUDS philosophy is simple--"Good isn't good enough...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Work With HUDS TO Improve Quincy Dining Hall | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

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