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...Voters want their representatives to be a little purer, a little smarter, and a little more competent than themselves. Yet they want their representative to be an equal. Moakley was all [of] this,” Clark said...

Author: By Louisa H. Cooper, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Campaign Heats Up To Replace Moakley in the Ninth | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

...year is already being spent by federal and state governments to prosecute and imprison drug offenders and to try to stem the flow of narcotics across the border. Drug use is down during the past 20 years, which is one important marker of success. But drugs are cheaper, purer and more plentiful than ever. More than three-quarters of Americans tell pollsters that the war on drugs is failing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War Against The War On Drugs | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...choice for athletes today are amphetamines, cocaine, heroin and huge doses of caffeine-substances experts say often escape detection through a combination of masking agents, passage of time and connivance by officials. A popular injectable cocktail of those substances-known as a pot belge-contains drugs that are purer and far more addictive than those sold on the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racing Demons | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...example, he cited a factory he designed a factory in which the water flowing out is purer than the water flowing...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Architect Favors Environmental Design | 10/12/2000 | See Source »

...customs and habits. But Tibetan masters had very sharp minds when it came to the preservation and propagation of Buddhism. They were always creating new commentaries and books to clarify the essence of the religion. As a refugee community, we have been able to continue our Tibetan study. The purer form of Tibetan culture and Buddhist teachings is now available only outside Tibet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Journey: Exile | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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