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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...buyer is a diamond dealer, registered with the Zambian government. He will drive back across the border where there is no border, just thick bush, scrubland and cattle trails. Even if he passes one of the rare police posts, he will just drive through and wave to the guards, perhaps give them a cigarette. He doesn't have to declare the diamonds. All he has to do is go to the Ministry of Mines in Zambia and get an export permit. He makes up a name and address of the "supplier" in Angola. The diamonds are now instantly legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diamonds In The Rough | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

Lending a voice to The Simpsons is de rigueur for Hollywood's elite, but why are some of the business' most retiring types making their rare appearances on shows that can barely manage an Emmy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

Assistant Dean of Freshmen Philip A. Bean issued a rare warning to first-years last night to be on the lookout for suspicious people in the wake of yesterday's incidents...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Robbery Reminiscent of Yard Burglar's Handiwork | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...decides whether she should save her drowning friend is absolutely chilling, and the defiance demonstrated when Rosetta catches her mother in an aforementioned compromising position is absolutely remarkable, because she refuses to overplay the character. Such an extent of delicacy and nuance in portrayal is all too rare...

Author: By James Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rosetta's Chilling Portrait | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...University Professor Cornel West '74 enjoys a high degree of popularity among students. His fiery sermonizing lecture style leads students through Afro-American Studies 10, while his support of campus progressive movements such as the Living Wage Campaign lends tangibility to his activist ideals. West is one of the rare highly regarded intellectuals who actually makes time for interacting with his students. However, despite his popularity on campus and intellectual standing in general, it would appear as if certain conservatives such as David Horowitz have nothing better to do than trash Cornel West. Although some of their accusations...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Years of Debate Bound in One Volume | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

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