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...fantastic view of Freetown and some of Sierra Leone's glorious coastline. 5) After collecting your bags, push your way through the crowd of people into the check-in area of the airport. A man will check your passport and tickets at the door. 6) Open your bags for inspection. Get asked for a small donation by bag inspector. 7) Check in. Your name will be recorded in two separate books. 8) Fill out departure card. The first police officer you come to will inspect your passport and card and hand it to his boss. This is where your "permission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Maneuvers with the World's Poorest Army | 7/24/2001 | See Source »

...live in Ohio, anyone who types your name into a county database can learn your address and how much your house is worth. He can also inspect detailed floor plans of your house, showing placement of your windows, porches and balconies. Supporters of the state's online initiative call it a breakthrough for open access to government records. Critics have another way of describing it: a breaking-and-entering handbook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet Insecurity | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...Karmapa's old bedroom. Tsurphu hasn't become a museum: it is still a working monastery. We have arrived during a brief break in afternoon prayers and are able to walk inside the dim, main meditation hall and, with the aid of a flashlight, inspect the frescoes in the eerie silence. Between the singsong pujas (prayer sessions) that are punctuated by bells and drums, all Tibetan monasteries are quiet. Tsurphu feels more like it's coming back from the dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Its Karmapa: A Monastery Goes Dark | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...them zip right through. But the bridge is also slung with concertina wire; 55 state and federal agencies--from the irs to the FDA--have offices in town. Here only Customs and the National Guard carry side arms. The feds lack the troops to check every truck, so they inspect randomly. On an average day, about 8,000 trucks will cross here, hauling copper wire and auto parts into Mexico and bringing clock radios and car chassis back. Customs collects $619,000 in federal taxes and duties daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La Nueva Frontera: Just Another Day In A Bridge Town | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

THEN Salt Lake City brought many IOC officials and their families to Utah. Some needed five trips to inspect facilities fully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citius, Altius, Fortius, But Not So Expensivius | 5/28/2001 | See Source »

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