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...week ago, a German tourist in Zambia was convicted of having oral sex, which is considered an “unnatural” and highly illegal act. Although authorities were lenient becase it was a first-time offense, he was sentenced to hard labor and jail for six years...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Minutes | 11/1/2001 | See Source »

...over the country were swamped with people with flulike symptoms: Was it anthrax, or anxiety, or just October? Mail handlers were wearing rubber gloves, office workers were refusing to open their mail; and there were so many hoaxes that frustrated cops are threatening to put the wise guys in jail for life if they catch them. Local police departments were deluged with reports of suspicious substances. "The green stuff on the street is guacamole!" said an exasperated Chicago police department spokesman. "The white powder on the stairs is baking soda. These are not reasons to call 911. People have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homeland Insecurity | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...three-star general (Robert Redford) is busted for exceeding his orders and getting some of his men killed. He's incarcerated in a tough Army jail commanded by a prissy hard-ass (James Gandolfini) who has never seen combat. The former organizes a revolt against the latter's sadism, wrapping his improbable efforts in the flag. Somehow, joining the prison riot is made to seem an act of high patriotism. Redford underacts, Gandolfini overacts, and this movie is directed with the same air of unreality, the same grim passion for cliches, both cinematic and emotional, that Lurie brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Last Castle | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...over the country were swamped with people with flulike symptoms: Was it anthrax, or anxiety, or just October? Mail handlers were wearing rubber gloves, office workers were refusing to open their mail; and there were so many hoaxes that frustrated cops are threatening to put the wise guys in jail for life if they catch them. Local police departments were deluged with reports of suspicious substances. "The green stuff on the street is guacamole!" said an exasperated Chicago police department spokesman. "The white powder on the stairs is baking soda. These are not reasons to call 911. People have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homeland Insecurity | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...Terrified mail handlers are wearing rubber gloves. Office workers are afraid to open any letters. News organizations have closed their mailrooms. Government agencies and legislators are leaving constituent mail in bags. Pranksters are taxing first responders so heavily that frustrated law enforcement officers are threatening to put perpetrators in jail for life if they catch them. Hazmat teams are being rushed here and there to scoop up what most of the time turns out to be spilled coffee creamer, salt, dirt, or baby powder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthrax Comes to Washington | 10/23/2001 | See Source »

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