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...play "A Man For All Seasons," Thomas More's son-in-law tells More that he would cut down all the laws in England to get the devil. More replies that he would give the devil himself the benefit of law for his own safety's sake--for after the laws were felled, nothing could withstand the winds that would howl, there being no place left to hide. The greatest casualty in the war on drugs has been chipping away of the forest of laws that represent our civil liberties. And no liberty has been pinched tighter than that against...

Author: By Joseph L. Jacobson, | Title: Finding Drugs, Losing Rights | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...most entertaining and imaginative issue. One of your articles addressed the question "Will We Discover Another Universe?" I am a big believer in alternate universes as an explanation for lost items. Somewhere in a parallel universe, another Alan Perlman is scratching his head and wondering why the devil he suddenly has three identical brown belts and two CDs of Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard. ALAN M. PERLMAN Highland Park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 1, 2000 | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...states, a man who pays cash for houses and automobiles, who keeps up to $500,000 lying around the house and conducts business meetings in restaurant bathrooms is liable to end up having his meals slid under a door. But Louisiana, a gift from God if not from the devil, is not most states. And so the federal corruption trial of former Governor Edwin Edwards is a delicious feast not just for the fly-on-the-wall look at the latest great rogue in American politics, but also because even if he's guilty, many Louisianans are pulling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Stakes Game | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...fields. Near Dulles Airport, it's convenient for people working at the growing number of dotcoms and other businesses in the rapidly expanding area. At the end of their stay, dogs take home a Club Pet Camper Card, rating them as Happy Camper, Paw-fect Pet or Little Devil. Fred could get all three. (Telephone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family: Lair Of The Dog | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...National Assembly seat 18. Attacks suddenly 19. Paul's Exodus role 20. Sign of summer 21. American Beauty Oscar winner 24. Phi Beta Kappa concern: Abbr. 26. Reform Party chairman Choate 27. Actuary's concern 28. It may be floated 29. NBC has pulled the plug on __, the Devil, and Bob 30. A newspaper here ended a 20-year taboo by printing the U.S. flag 31. Torah holder 32. Reagan was its pres. 33. Nixon, for two yrs. 34. Scientists have found a gene that regulates this 36. Azores' loc. 38. Source of high-protein flour 39. Split apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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