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...school labels like Dewar's or Wild Turkey. Catching their eye means selling at bars; bars in turn influence retailers. That's why the bar show is a must for firms like White Rock Distilleries of Lewiston, Maine, which flogs such novelties as schnapps in flavors called Poison (Wild Berry) and Sting (Sour Raspberry). Because the slogan for the new line is Have You Had Your Shots Today?, samples are served by statuesque blonds in white-vinyl nurse uniforms and thigh-high stockings. The visual becomes even more apt after a slug of Poison, which tastes almost exactly like paregoric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booze Blues | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...Harvard to deny its students adequate support, should they become victims of sexual violence, is unacceptable. Sexual violence can poison the college experience for a student; its mishandling by the University can intensify the pain. Though Harvard’s policy has met the requirements of the OCR, the University has not yet met the needs of its students...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Rejecting Assault | 4/4/2003 | See Source »

...that can be found on the Internet and ingredients and equipment that can be bought from nurseries, hardware stores and mail order chemical supply houses. The bulletin cites several cases from the 1990s in which U.S. home-grown extremists and crackpots were arrested for making ricin, a quick-acting poison, and Sarin, a deadly nerve agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FBI Warns of Ricin Threat | 4/2/2003 | See Source »

...estimated one-third of the city's 350,000 residents--including Korean conscripts and imperial army units--were killed instantly. Many thousands more would die from its radioactive poison in the coming years. The bomb turned glass to liquid, buildings to dust, and people to mere shadows etched on the ruins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aug. 6, 1945 | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...sense in Saddam's. The weapons, symbolizing Iraq's prowess, are what sustained his claims to grandeur. They made him a feared player on the world stage and earned him dominance among regional rivals. They were crucial to keeping domestic opposition in check--no Iraqi forgets that Saddam sprayed poison gas on rebellious Kurds in the late '80s. And Saddam believed that possession of those toxic weapons forestalled defeat in his war with Iran and later saved his regime at the end of Gulf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saddam's Head | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

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