Word: latvian
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...were lots of noteworthy extra-electoral events this year. So if I were trying to divine the real meaning of 2000, I'd turn to the Today show, where, on the same morning that James Baker appears, trying his level best to look like a principled human being, a Latvian chef will also teach us how to stuff a banana with rabbit, and someone will announce that in the next half-hour we'll talk about a new cure for Parkinson's disease..."plus, live from the plaza--Jewel!" That's history for you. That's Bruegel's Icarus...
Among those who tested positive for banned substances were Latvian rower Andris Reinholds, who said his nandrolone came from a Chinese herbal supplement, and German runner Dieter Baumann, who alleged that a rival had spiked his toothpaste with steroids. Baumann got the silver in Excuses (heavyweight class). Gold went to Uzbekistan track coach Sergei Voynov, who claimed he had brought a large quantity of growth hormone into the country to help with his hair loss...
ANDRIS REINHOLDS The Latvian rower tested positive for NANDROLONE and blamed it on Chinese herbal medicine. Reinholds was expelled from the Olympics...
...among two-year-olds was on the rise? Is that really more egregious than the finding that nine-year-old Thai girls are being sold en masse to work in sweatshops in L.A.'s garment district, or that the Russian mob runs a growing racket that promises young Latvian women jobs in Chicago, and then abducts them and forces them into prostitution...
...Times and other newspapers, and his messages appear to originate in Paris. The FBI and various Web experts have been following other electronic bread crumbs he left behind, however, and those point more strongly to Russia or Eastern Europe. An independent Net-sleuth group even claims to have located Latvian and Russian accounts Maxus uses for cash drops. "It's likely that he's in Europe, unless he's really good," says John Markoff, the Times reporter to whom Maxus sent his e-mail. "And if he's that skilled, no one's going to catch...