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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With that five-second flash, India dealt a serious blow to the controlled nuclear universe. Washington's reaction was swift and furious. First, Tenet ordered a post-mortem on the CIA's failures, due in 10 days. Then the President imposed economic sanctions on India, as required by the never used 1994 Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act, cutting off military and economic aid, totaling about $140 million annually, and barring military exports and U.S. bank loans. These restrictions will not gravely damage India's economy, but the U.S. is also bound to oppose loans from the IMF and the World Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nukes...They're Back | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

Students learn how to channel natural "fight or flight" reactions into swift defensive tactics meant to subdue the bad guy, summoning in a heartbeat what Levine calls a winning warrior spirit. They escape from choke holds and bear hugs, wrestle away weapons, fight on the ground and fend off multiple attackers. Anything goes, including groin kicks, elbow jabs, head butts, hair pulling, biting and eye gouging. "There are no rules," explains Levine, an L.A. County prosecutor and the highest-ranking American instructor in Krav Maga. "If it's illegal in boxing, we're doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Choke! Gouge! Smash! | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

Detroit (Worrell 1-3) at Seattle (Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL | 5/1/1998 | See Source »

...employment as a result of the enforcement of this Code." This provision shows that the Code is in fact accounting for concerns such as the ones Ahsan expresses, in a manner more feasible than his own suggestions. We once again urge members of the Harvard community to support the swift adoption of a strong Code of Conduct. DANIEL M. HENNEFELD '99 April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Child Labor Claims Invalid | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

Cincinnati (Burba 1-0) at Colorado (Swift...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

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