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...project was hatched in 1998, after a North Korean ballistic missile flew over Japan and shook the nation's collective faith in the U.S. military umbrella that has shielded it for half a century. U.S. officials initially pressured Japan to buy American satellites, but Tokyo insisted on developing its own technology. Social Democratic Party lawmaker Masami Imagawa warns that government hawks "are quietly expanding military strength without enough public debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handycams in Space | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

...Ricin is already lodged in the memory of many older Britons. In 1978, in one of the more bizarre political killings of the cold war, Georgi Markov - a dissident Bulgarian writer and broadcaster living in London - died after being shot in his right thigh on Waterloo Bridge with an umbrella rigged to fire a minuscule pellet containing ricin. Now the Wood Green neighborhood finds itself at the nexus of a web of terror that stretches from Algeria to Afghanistan, Paris to the Pankisi Valley, London to Los Angeles. "Even the successful actions by antiterrorism officials confirm evidence that al-Qaeda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Poisonous Plot | 1/12/2003 | See Source »

Abhishek Gupta ’04 will take over as president of Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) in February, the umbrella organization for student businesses announced this week...

Author: By Tamara Somasundaran, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Leader Plans To Take HSA Beyond Harvard | 12/5/2002 | See Source »

...testimony, Jackson arrived wearing his familiar surgical mask, which he removed when he took the stand, revealing sparse facial stubble and an unexplained bandage at the tip of his nose. On Day Two, Jackson arrived four hours late, this time shielding himself from the sun with an umbrella. The delay gave the judge time to call a news photographer into his chambers in response to a complaint by Jackson's lawyers, who said unflattering photos taken the previous day had upset their client. Perhaps Jackson's plastic surgeon should answer for that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 25, 2002 | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

Playing conditions are poor on this cold and windy Sunday, but spirits remain high. Chivalry is alive and well in this crowd. The gentlemen set up the course while the ladies wait huddled under the protection of an umbrella. Though the men are usually expected to wear sports coats, slacks, button-down shirts and ties, the day’s weather calls for an exception. “In case of poor weather,” explains Black, “overcoats and sweaters can be worn. The sweaters can be draped or worn, though draped is preferred...

Author: By Seth H. Robinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Wicket Good Time | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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