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...Hair Manufacturers Institute, takes very seriously. Karl Spilhaus, the group's president, approaches the task of uncovering ersatz cashmere as soberly as an old-master specialist does in debunking fake Rembrandts. He has brought suit against stores for selling products labeled "100% cashmere" that he claims are in fact mere blends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cashmere On The Cheap | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...basis of viewpoint;” that its “interference with speech and other protected rights is incidental;” and that “law schools cannot ‘erect a shield’ against opposing public interests simply by asserting that the mere presence of an unwanted visitor would impair its message.” Additionally, he explained that in the view of the court, “if there is any expressive component to [military] recruiting, it is entirely ancillary to its dominant economic purpose,” and that...

Author: By John F. Banzhaf iii, | Title: A Better Way To Fight The Solomon Amendment | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...forgiving Iraq's debts - or would rather do without it (which is one interpretation of last week's memo limiting the countries whose firms will be able to bid for prime contracts in Iraq). And the insurgency will not end overnight. Remember: asymmetric warfare is aptly named. A mere handful of terrorists can tie up large armies for years - indeed decades. Iraq is dripping with high explosives, guns and rocket-propelled grenades, and awash in angry young men who know how to use them and who would like to kill as many Americans as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good News For Iraq and the U.S. | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...vowed to stop building low-rent housing to restore "long-term balance" to the Netherlands' second city. The center-right Dutch government, while keen to decrease immigration, has signaled its opposition to Rotterdam's approach. And with good reason: local initiatives, and even national ones, frequently lead to a mere displacement of the problem. Just ask the Swedes. The tougher approach taken by the Danish government elected in November 2001, including a 50% cut in financial aid to newcomers, has reduced the number of people seeking asylum there from 12,500 in 2001 to less than a third of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Hear You Knocking | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

Pilger was a convicted sex offender who pleaded guilty to abusing three altar boys in his Western Kentucky parish in 1995 and received a mere five years probation...

Author: By Peter CHARLES Mulcahy, | Title: Cardinal Sins | 12/10/2003 | See Source »

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