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...meters deep to reach the water table. The combined effect of drought, reduced water from the hills and the cannabis cultivators' new boreholes is catastrophic, says Bertrand Brequeville of French aid group Action Contre la Faim. "It's only the rich drug producers who can afford the pumps to irrigate the land. They pump all day, and all the wells in the villages around them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wasted: the Drought That Drugs Made | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

Intent on avoiding a second defeat, Smith removed her sweatshirt. With more arm flexibility, Alyssa’s energy perked up. Suddenly she had stamina, and Redd had to pump his arm hard. Alas, not even her boost of energy could save her. Thirteen seconds later Redd had Smith pinned...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mental Champs Get Physical | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

Early on it was evident that the more athletic Crimson team was looking to pump up its defense...

Author: By Matthew J. Amato, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Topples Dartmouth, Again | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...neutralize Iraq as an issue, saying he supports the President. That lets him concentrate on pocketbook issues in a state that, like much of the country, is feeling some pain. "The economy bothers me," says waitress Melissa Hart, as she serves up a foot-long chili dog at Town Pump, a Little Rock suds-and-sandwich shop. "It is sucking. And we need some change." That kind of attitude puts Hutchinson in a bind. Pryor notes, for instance, that the Republican has repeatedly voted against raising the minimum wage. Hutchinson counters that expanding the earned-income tax credit would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2002: So Much For The Mystique | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...live the King! After a year’s hiatus during which owner Patrick Lee opened Redline, Grafton Street has returned in a dramatic new location one block further down Mass. Ave. Grafton, after resting and recharging its batteries for a few months, has reappeared refreshed and eager to pump vitality into Cantabrigian nightlife. Its return can only bode well for Harvard’s budding gourmands as well as its incipient lushes...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Success On the Street | 9/26/2002 | See Source »

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