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...relationship between Jewish law and being bisexual or gay is an uneasy one, which group cofounder Rachel B. Tiven '96 acknowledged in an interview yesterday. But Tiven said she did not see it as an obstacle for the new discussion group, to be known by the approximate acronym "BAGELS...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: `BAGELS' to Discuss Gay, Jewish Issues | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

...Adnan refers to are his fellow supporters of Hamas. Of all the organizations eager to kill the rapprochement between Israel and the Arabs, the militant Muslim fundamentalist group is probably the greatest threat. An acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement that literally means "zeal," Hamas wants nothing less than the destruction of the Jewish state, followed by the establishment of an Islamic Palestine as a precursor to a greater pan-Arab union. The organization was born in the misery and despair of the teeming refugee camps of the Gaza Strip five years ago, two months after the beginning of the intifadeh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas: Dying for Israel's Destruction | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

...plane which flew over Tercentenary Theatre during the morning graduation exercises trailed a banner reading "NO DICE," the acronym for a student group calling itself "No Dollars Into Clark's Endowment...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: Protests Are Scattered, Cheers Widespread; 'Lift the Ban' Pink Balloons Carry the Day | 6/25/1993 | See Source »

Spielberg may have designs on both roles: he made the movie, and even donated $25,000 to the Dinosaur Society. (In return the society renamed the oldest known ankylosaur "Jurassosaurus nedegoapeferkimorum "; part of the second word is an acronym of the surnames of the film's cast.) Now he is marketing it. His outfit, Amblin Entertainment, and Universal Pictures, the film's distributor, have signed deals with more than 100 companies (including Kenner, Sega and Milton Bradley) to peddle more than 1,000 Jurassic Park products, from action figures and video games to calendars and candy. If your kids aren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Magic of Jurassic Park | 4/26/1993 | See Source »

...nobody knows. At Satellite City, the press encampment out near the compound, mailboxes have gone up, garbage is regularly collected, an Easter service was held, and there is an unelected mayor. The latest gag among a press corps going quietly mad with boredom is that Waco has become an acronym for We Ain't Coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Branch Davidians: The End Is Near? | 4/26/1993 | See Source »

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