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...showbiz beat to chronicle the latest troubling chapter in America's drug war. In the summer of 1999, 43 residents of Tulia, Texas - a dry little town of less than 5,000 people in the windswept panhandle - were arrested for dealing cocaine. It was the most ambitious drug sting in the history of Swisher County, and there was great buzz surrounding the bust and self-congratulation among the majority of townsfolk at the time. Now the buzz has turned. The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have become quite concerned that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Line One: Hollywood | 10/18/2000 | See Source »

...Halfway across the river, the scorpions sting the President. As he begins to sink, he turns to them incredulously and cries, " Now we're all going to drown! Why'd you do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Scorpion Logic Again in the Middle East | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...would, boys," says the President. "But I'm afraid you'll sting me while we're going across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Scorpion Logic Again in the Middle East | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...would we do that?" the scorpions ask. "If we sting you and you sink, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Scorpion Logic Again in the Middle East | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

...This week, with both candidates prepping for Round II on Wednesday night (and no doubt feeling the sting of all those "civilized exchange," hooray-for-democracy headlines), Al Gore and George W. Bush are on their best behavior. But their surrogates are doing all the dirty work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Dogs Make Nice as Bush and Gore Camps Go On Attack | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

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