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Born 63 years ago in the southern town of Bo, the ambitious Sankoh was too poor to attend secondary school and instead joined the army, then run by Britain, Sierra Leone's colonial master till 1961. However, he reached only the rank of corporal and was assigned to radio duty. He was further embittered by serving as part of a U.N. peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a civil war that saw the assassination of that country's leader, Patrice Lumumba, whom Sankoh admired. After a brief and unhappy stint as a cameraman in Britain, Sankoh supported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Order to Kill Comes Softly | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword May 22, 2000 | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

That means more debate. No more mad dash for Super Tuesday, after which the anointed can sit back and indulge the party's remaining primary voters in smug contentment. Every state would count, so even the front-runner would have to dig his heels in till the end--sweating, debating, persuading. Since smaller states are usually cheaper to campaign in, gone too would be the financial blitz in which a big-money candidate splurges early to knock his or her opponent out at the start. The Delaware Plan would make losing the first few primaries, currently an automatic disqualification, politically...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Rethinking the Primaries | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword May 15, 2000 | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

...toilet paper. They tried to buy me GI Joes, but I was like, "No, no, two-ply will be fine." They didn't bother with babysitters, they just gave me a couple of pots, some Puffs paper and a couple pairs of shoes. I didn't read till I was six. I wore velcro until I was 14 because I couldn't tie my shoes. I learned to tie a tie this summer. I remember that every time I got an A in school, my mother cried...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Soman's In The [K]now | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

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