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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...World Trade Center. At the time, both Western and Asian security agencies did not understand that the Ramzi Yousef cell was part of a wider, regional network; they believed he had gone to the Philippines for this one operation. As a result, no serious attempt was made to unravel the front companies and detect the militants buttressing the al-Qaeda grid in Asia, one already well entrenched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda's Asian Web of Terror | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...sordid past; her boyfriend Dan (Charles E. Worthington ’06), a charming idealist; Anna (Jordan R. Berkow ’03), a hardened introvert, and her husband Larry (George F. Broadwater ’04), a self-defeating altruist. The four Londoners throughout the play attempt to unravel the mess resulting from their complicated partner swapping...

Author: By Gavriella R. Kroo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Look Closer | 10/31/2002 | See Source »

Clues on the body Often the most pivotal, if grisly, task is performed by the medical examiner. His job is to unravel the mystery behind three main questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body of Evidence | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...fired on South Korea naval vessels, killing five sailors) was the work of disgruntled military leaders trying to warn Kim Jong Il to keep a lid on change. The conventional wisdom has always been that North Korea is afraid to open the door a crack because the system could unravel so quickly. Some defectors and aid workers report that there is a sense of instability and uncertainty in the country right now. Rather than the start of reform, we may be seeing a country starting to unravel already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea: A Nation in the Dark | 10/19/2002 | See Source »

...medical director of the Wellness Workshop in Spokane, Wash. "They can deny themselves, but only for so long. Then they snap. We all would." Second, we could stop paying such close attention to every jot and tittle in the diet debate. It will take decades for researchers to unravel all the reasons we eat what we do, and why we like to eat so much of it. But a few insights are emerging that should point us in the right direction, as long as we don't turn them into inviolable dietary laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking the Fat Riddle | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

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