Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...agents take pains not to exaggerate the powers of profiling. "It's a myth that a profile always solves the case," cautions retired agent Robert Ressler, now a consultant to the unit. "It's not the magic bullet of investigations. It's simply another tool." Behavioral analysis can aid in other ways besides identifying a suspect. It can indicate what the offender might do after the crime: certain types of killers will return to where they disposed of the body; a remorseful murderer is likely to visit the victim's grave...
...atmosphere shields the earth from most gamma radiation, but this shield has forced scientists studying the rays to rely on instruments lofted aboard huge balloons or rockets. Until now researchers have only peeked through the veil of the universe; last week's GRO launch gives them a powerful tool and years to probe the outer limits...
...Masoor Wadi, an Iraqi middleman who resided in a $3.5 million Beverly Hills home -- where his neighbors included actor Gene Hackman and director John Landis -- and who was allegedly part of Saddam's global network for procuring arms and military technology. Wadi reportedly helped acquire a suburban Cleveland machine-tool firm called Matrix-Churchill, which made versatile computer-operated jig grinders that could be used to produce precision parts for everything from consumer products to aerospace and nuclear equipment. According to Kroll, the Ohio-based company also submitted inflated bills to Iraq that enabled Saddam to skim funds and deposit...
Washington targeted both Wadi and Matrix-Churchill in its seizure of Iraqi holdings in the U.S. after the gulf crisis broke out. Federal agents shut the machine-tool company in September and took possession of Wadi's Sunset Boulevard mansion last month, along with his bank accounts, including one that contained $200,000. The Immigration and Naturalization Service ordered Wadi to leave the country by the end of March, when his visa was due to expire, or face arrest and deportation proceedings. As governments assemble more details of Saddam's stolen secret billions, such crackdowns could become increasingly common around...
...Gacem succinctly summarizes this objectionable mode of thinking: "I consider you my brother, as long as you have the same force (sic) and enthusiasm to reestablish the lost Arab pride." (read: "nationalism"). Quite simply, this sort of language, typical of the Pan-Arab movement, functions as a tool of political and intellectual oppression. Consequently, it is no wonder, and hardly a matter of regret, that Mr. El-Jeaan has chosen to opt out of this questionable enterprise...