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...political rivals may try to exploit nationalist sentiments against her over a renewed American presence. The Maoist New People's Army whose four-decade insurgency in the central Philippines continues has also vowed to keep the U.S. out, and there is some concern that the American presence may even prompt the MILF to end its cease-fire, or be exploited in inter-factional conflict on the southern islands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. is Entering the Philippine Minefield | 1/16/2002 | See Source »

Trimble expects the recent snow to prompt less hardy birds to migrate. But with the weather pattern Harvard has seen this fall, nothing is predictable. If warm weather holds out, so will the birds...

Author: By Julie Rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Warm Weather Keeps Birds in Cambridge | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...Should this new development prompt great concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthrax In Your Mail? Probably Not | 12/4/2001 | See Source »

...took awhile for the waiter to come and take our order. Life seemed to move on island time in this restaurant. But once we got his attention, the waiter was amicable and prompt...

Author: By Kate Szostak and Alice O. Wong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A Night Out | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

Their packaging, slick ad campaigns and promotions prompt some people to splurge. But why would someone go back for more? Since it can’t be the taste, it must be the toxins...

Author: By J. S. Zdeb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: We'll PUMP You Up (for $3.99 a can) | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

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