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...Amphetamine and methamphetamine are derived from this ephedrine base, or from pseudoephedra, an artificial alternative, in a hazardous process that involves heating and pressurizing solvents and other store-bought chemicals. While the refining can be volatile, it is not terribly complex, which means that meth labs are an ideal family business for industrious Asians, who set them up in converted bathrooms, farmhouses or even the family hearth. Unlike ecstasy, which requires sophisticated chemical and pharmaceutical knowledge to manufacture, or heroin, where the base product, the poppy plant, is a vulnerable crop, there are no limits to how much meth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Need for Speed | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

Well, maybe you don't see the danger to our democracy. Briefly, the more inequality there is in society, the lower the likelihood of democracy. Hence Jefferson's ideal of an agrarian utopia...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Disappearing in the Middle | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

...shocked and dismayed that The Crimson would print the cartoon ("The Ideal Harvard President," Feb. 14) by Jason Farris, an illustrator for Maxim magazine. Why would this figure, with its dysmorphically thin, highly-available female body and Albert Einstein's head be "ideal" as president? Because he or she would be smart--"like a man"--but also sexually available? Or because his or her male students could ogle and leer while walking to class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

...Joint Stand Off Weapon, which is guided by a high-tech global positioning system (GPS) can be launched as far away as 120 miles from its target, and in ideal conditions detonates within a few yards of its "aim point." That was obviously not the case during last week's bombings, and the Navy is currently investigating the data input and tracking systems on the weapons, in hopes of pinpointing the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a Bomb's a Bomb | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

...Rees: More or less. Barak's departure ensures that in all likelihood, Sharon will have the broad government that he wanted and the advantage of a weakened Labor party leadership. It's ideal, really - now the Labor leaders will have to spend all their time fighting over who's going to control the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Barak Pulled Out of Israel Coalition | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

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