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...Army says the need for such a system was brought home by the gulf war, which presented a number of dicey identification problems. In one case, a pound of tissue turned over by the Iraqis had to be matched against beard shavings taken from a missing soldier's electric razor. But civil libertarians fear that this might be the precursor to a national DNA screening program. The Army insists that the samples will not be tested for AIDS, drug use or anything else. In the event of a subpoena issued as part of a criminal investigation, however, the Army would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DNA Dog Tag or Genetic ID? | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...them, and was campaigning for Malthusian measures to shrink the profession. Or they elbowed their way into male-only clubs -- where they found the huge leather armchairs empty and the air strangely clear of cigar smoke. The men had already run off to the woods, half naked, to pound on drums with Robert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Women Finally Are Winning | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

Inside the store's cramped quarters, rich, dry aromas waft from the stack of coffee beans next to the mocha makers by the milk chocolate covered espresso beans ($12.50 per pound). The flavor of Ethiopian yirgacheffe coffee, Coffee Connection literature boasts, "suggests...floral lemon." A sip of "Yemen Mocha Mattari" suggests "spicy fruit or chocolate...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, | Title: Coffee-Colored Twilight | 6/2/1992 | See Source »

...Parody created an uproar last month among Law School students and faculty. Students held a vigil in front of Pound Hall on April 10 in response to the spoof, which was released on April 4 at a banquet honoring recently elected Review editors...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revue Authors Will Go Undisciplined | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...plummeting of the Lebanese pound (down 35% in six days) last week brought renewed turmoil to that country. The plunge resulted in mass protests and the attempted torching of Prime Minister Omar Karami's home. Amid the chaos, Karami resigned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon's Financial Fracas | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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