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...task is often carried out by a single ethnic group, making infiltration extremely difficult. One operation in Serbia relied on Croatian printers, Slovenian paper, Bulgarian computer graphics and Albanian distributors. In countries like Bulgaria, moreover, identifying the source of the bills is only half the battle. In order to obtain a conviction, agents there have to break in at the precise moment that the presses are running. In one case several years ago, a local businessman in eastern Bulgaria was found with 413,000 deutsche marks under his bed, but got off by claiming that the currency was to wallpaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down On Bogus Bills | 11/30/2003 | See Source »

Simmons, an openly gay councillor who intends to seek her own marriage license once it is legal, said she was disappointed that gay couples would have to wait six months to obtain a legal union...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum and Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: City Council Will Not Speed Gay Marriage | 11/25/2003 | See Source »

Students hope to stay safe in Miami. Several have been able to obtain press credentials for the trip. None doubt the importance of what is happening there, and they believe the protests work...

Author: By Michael Gould-wartofsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Funded By IOP, Students Study Trade Summit Protesters | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...Free trade should only be pursued to the point in which we obtain full transparent agreements with countries of similar economic status. What's the point of fighting with one arm tied behind your back with a country that does not have the same environmental or labor laws that we do? It's the law of diminishing returns. Peter Chung Berkeley, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the U.S. pursue free-trade policies? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...Connor ’92 and his two film theory courses, English 164, “Literature and Visuality in America” and VES 195, “Contemporary Hollywood Cinema” strengthen the case for a concentration track. Since 2000, students have been able to obtain a brochure that lists the numerous film courses—spread across various departments—offered at Harvard. The sheer number and diversity of courses that are present in this guide to “Film Studies at Harvard” demonstrate the breadth that would be available for students...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Studying the Silver Screen | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

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