April 20, 2002
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COVER STORY: A trip through time
 Man’s obsession with time is not a modern phenomenon. Since time immemorial mankind has laboured to keep track of those fleeting seconds, but not without the assistance of an array of...
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A Mass of Ice
 A glacier is a mass of ice that forms usually in mountainous areas where more snow accumulates in winter than melts during the summer. As the snow is being compacted into...
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Iqbal’s final resting place
 On Nov 9, 1877, in the town of Sialkot a child was born to Sheikh Noor Mohammed, a small trader of modest means. He was named Mohammad Iqbal; today we know...
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I have a dream...: Martin Luther King Jr.
 So began his famous speech — “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out of the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these...
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STORY TIME: Adventure in a haunted house
 “Anila!” said Ahmed entering his sister’s room. “Hira and Nida are going to come to our house tonight” “Really! That would be fun.” Said Anila excitedly as their arrival meant lots of fun and probably....
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STORY TIME: The life of a cockroach
 THUD! What was that? I got up from my small niche in the kitchen. Something had disturbed me while I was asleep. “DAREN’T GET OUT OR YOU ARE DEAD!” I said...
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COUNTRY HOPPING: Ghana
 Ghana lies in West Africa, bounded in the north by Burkina Faso, in the east by Togo, in the south by the Gulf of Guinea, and in the west by Cote d’Ivoire....
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MOVIE: The Rookie
 It has been some time since we have had a good baseball movie; something that was wholesome and the entire family could watch without any blushes. The Rookie is just the...
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BOOK: The mill on the floss
 The Mill on the Floss is a superb book, which brought George Eliot into the list of famous classical fiction writers. It gives an idea of the rural English life in...
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MUSIC: Tu hai kahan
 The dawn of the year 2002 brought with it the most awaited song and the album of the year titled ‘Tu Hai Kahan’, which not only features hit numbers of two...
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CD REVIEW: 101 languages
 From Arabic to Urdu, Chinese to Korean, the CD has it all. You don’t have to study a stack of books to become multilingual. The CD, 101 Languages of the World,...
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GAME TALK: CommAndoEs III
 It’s those Germans again and this time you have to defeat them at any cost! Even if the game comes in three CD’s....
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WEB SITE: Pakwatan.com
 Go for www.pakwatan.com if you wish to listen to all the great Pakistani songs. You can choose to listen to any Pakistani singer and in the meanwhile you can also keep...
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OPINION CORNER: The nastiest punishment I got
 I think the nastiest punishment I ever got was the one, which I honestly did not deserve. It just happened a couple of months back. My father had phoned home from his office. I was playing on my computer when the phone rang.....
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MISCELLANEA: Food and fun for the blind
 It was around 12 O’ clock on Friday last week, when the doors of Hotel Pearl Continental’s Ballroom-B opened to make way for a chain of hundred students. They walked with...
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EARTH A LIVE: Focus on environment
 Global warming destroying habitats Scientists from the conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have predicted that 80 per cent of the 115 most scientifically important wildlife habitats — the ‘crown jewels of nature’....
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WEEKLY UPDATE: Grandfathers in space
CAPE CANAVERAL: The world’s first pair of space-walking grandfathers ventured outside last Saturday to finish bolting a giant girder to the international space station. Nicked named the Silver Team, astronauts, Jerry...
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You can quote...
 * Facts and truth are often cousins,not brothers.—Edward Bunker* The old believe everything,the middle aged suspect everything,the young know everything.—Oscar wilde....
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PUMP UP THE BRAIN: Of animals
 1. What is caviar made up of?a. The eggs of the royal sturgeon b. The eggs of European green lizards c. The edible sea urchin...
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Super Sis
 Dear Super Sis, I have a simple problem, but it’s really hard to face. My father was in the armed forces, so I have always studied in the Matric system. When I was half way through class 7, my father retired....
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Mail Box
 Friendship MAN is a social animal. He can’t live without a friend. He wants a companion who can resolve his problems. A true friend is one who can help us in difficult times and share our problems....
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POET''S CORNER: Don’t disturb dad
 When Daddy lies down For a ten-minute snooze, It’s not very thoughtful To lasso his shoes. Or tickle his nose...
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