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...knew, this was the precursor to an indictment,” Koller said...

Author: By Amy W. Lai, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Winthrop Junior Accused of Illegal File Sharing | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...Zermatt action was an apt precursor to Manser's last stunt, a 1999 flight above the Sarawak capital of Kuching in a motorized hang glider. It was another desperate move by a man who was increasingly becoming irrelevant. His numerous letters to the Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud pleading reconciliation or offering to fund a mobile dental clinic for the Penan were ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without a Trace | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...question. When stocks go south, housing feels it a year or so later. We're there. Stumbling retail sales indicate consumers are losing faith in a rebound and are reining in spending--a possible precursor to slower home sales. Already, the high end has turned sluggish. Where does that leave you? With the stock market in a funk, a home is still a great investment. Mortgage interest is tax deductible. Capital gains are often tax free. With today's easy home-equity lines, investment gains in a house are as liquid as those from a stock or bond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bond Traders Hold Us Back | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...seem strange, since his M.O. has been to set trends, not follow them. "Perry was into piercings, dreadlocks and scarification rituals before anybody else in rock," says Jane Bainter, a former housemate whose heroin habit cued the name of Farrell's early band. "Jane's Addiction was a precursor of sorts; they tapped into an undercurrent of neoprimitive feelings among youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Anything But Peripheral | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...prime moment to score political points, especially with the presidential election less than a year-and-a-half away. Former President Kim Young Sam, a longtime and bitter rival of the current President, compared him to Hitler and Stalin and warned that the tax inquiry might be a precursor to a coup d'?tat to keep the President in power. So wild was the general level of anti-Kim rhetoric that lawmaker Lee broke ranks with his own party leaders and urged them to tone down the brimstone. " We shouldn't give the impression we're defending tax evasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stomping the Presses | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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