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...stolen machine parts. Though the killers remain free, Salman is impressed. "The police are doing a good job now," he says. An officer on the scene, Lieut. Nasser Hamoud Ali, speaks confidently of tracking down the men. "We will find them," he says, as he loads up a Nissan pickup with the recovered goods. "We know the killers and the people know them, so it will be easy." It may not be easy to maintain such bravado amid the danger that Iraq's police face. But many Baghdad policemen believe things will soon get better. "If they stop the terrorists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Toughest Beat | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...strong magnet. It would have detonated by remote control or when the car radio was switched on. Dhahir called in two police officers to dismantle the bomb. Why does he keep at his job? "I don't think about the danger," Dhahir says later, back in his police pickup. "If I did, you wouldn't find me sitting here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Toughest Beat | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

DARRYL STRAWBERRY SALARY: $3.8 MILLION 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers A big free-agent pickup--but the team blew a division lead to the Atlanta Braves and missed the play-offs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Top-Salary Curse | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

Your best pickup line: Hiiii.... (batting eyelashes repeatedly).                                               The most memorable pickup line a guy has ever used on you: "You look just like that girl from Martin, but with a normal sized head...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoped | 2/26/2004 | See Source »

...reminiscent and characteristic of the parent of the opposite sex. But to be blunt, I still can’t stomach the idea of Oedipus and his mother, let alone think of my father as a sexual being. And if I were ever to come into contact with the pickup line “you remind me of my mother,” I would choke on my drink and sprint in the opposite direction...

Author: By Elise M. Stefanik, | Title: Free Falling | 2/17/2004 | See Source »

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