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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...aiming to destroy the Jewish state, devastated Egypt's air force before its pilots had scrambled their jets. In 1981 Israel bombed the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq, an incident that provoked worldwide disapproval. But given what we now know about Saddam Hussein's regime, only the most nit picking of lawyers - admittedly, a large category - would still condemn the action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strike First, Explain Yourself Later | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...opened the 2001-02 season in the preseason National Invitational Tournament (NIT). After an easy 77-59 first-round victory over George Mason and a similar effort in the quarterfinals, the Tar Heels ran into a stumbling block in the semifinals...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UNC Enjoys Comeback Year | 3/13/2002 | See Source »

...After peering through binoculars at the North Korean Peace Museum that displays axes used to kill two American servicemen, he yelled: "no wonder I think they're evil." In public and private, it has also become clear that Bush has a swelling disdain for European officials, relegating the pesky nit-pickers to the itchy class in which he has banished university elites, journalists and blow-hard members of Congress. He echoed Colin Powell's quip that the French foreign minister suffered an attack of the vapors when he suggested the "axis of evil" formulation was simplistic. In a private meeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On His Asia Trip, Bush Stays Diplomatic | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...were the 1980s: Ronald Reagan and George Sr. at the helm. The end of all that hippy-dippy nonsense. A spirit of purpose and moral fiber. Yes there was that troublesome business of the national debt quadrupling, unemployment soaring and the Iran-Contra scandal. But some people will always nit-pick. What truly mattered was that the very word ?hippy? became an insult. Liberals were in full flight. It was the anti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comb Back, Big Hair — All Is Forgiven | 12/23/2000 | See Source »

...matter how these newcomers contribute, Princeton will probably fall back into the middle of the pack in the league, and reliving the past glories of the NCAA and NIT Tournaments will be doubtful at best this season...

Author: By Andy C. Poon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Ivy League Preview | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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