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Compared with policing tourists, policing meat imports is relatively easy. For all the seeming sweep of the new restrictions, there is simply not that much to restrict. With beef from the U.K. already banned because of mad-cow disease, the hardest-hit imports will be pork and goat, mostly from the Netherlands and Denmark. Such cooked and cured meats as canned hams, prepared sausages and prosciutto are not affected because heating or processing kills the foot-and-mouth virus. Certain dairy products like yogurt, Brie and hard cheeses are also exempt, since they are already subject to strict manufacturing conditions...
...Government forces captured some men who were not in fatigues but were armed near Tetovo today. But reports of some major sweep, or of rebels dropping their weapons and fleeing over the Kosovo border, are nonsense. Police officials say the rebels may have moved their command center higher up into the hills, but they're clearly still out there...
Shanghai babies are always on the lookout for something better. They research their stock portfolio. They sweep on their mascara and pluck their eyebrows to craft the perfect face. They play the part of sex kitten with lots of meow, because that's what men want. But the strobe exposes the girls for what they really are. The flashes of harsh, white light strip Fifi's face of her makeup - and her contrivance. In that freeze-frame instant, Fifi isn't a sexy sophisticate, just an innocent girl searching for love. In a place called Babylon, where Shanghai babies pretend...
...ousted the Crimson (16-15-2, 12-8-2 ECAC) in the quarterfinals at the close of the 1996-97 season and handed Harvard a series sweep last year at Lynah Rink...
Minutes later, senior Sanaz Ghazel and sophomore Sanja Bajin finished the Harvard sweep with a thrilling 7-5 tiebreaker win. Ghazel and Bajin led 7-4 in the match and seemed to be in control until Christina Causway and Carrie Rose captured the momentum, knotting the match at 7-7. Ghazel and Bajin regained their composure in time to win Harvard's second 9-8 doubles match...