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...finance their own arms purchases from the sale of timber and gems in areas they control along the border with Thailand, which with Thai assistance they have savagely pillaged at great cost to the environment. The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on the Khmer Rouge, to little avail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia: the Un's | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...wrong people are hurting, to no avail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Some seek outside help, but often to no avail. "I spent my whole childhood trying to get help, and none ever came," says Roy Rowe, 19, who last year was sentenced to four to 12 years for killing his stepfather. Neighbors in Vestal, New York, sometimes called the police when the screams grew too loud from the beatings -- with a paddle, a belt and a two-by-four -- that Roy's stepfather gave him, his younger sister and brother, and his mother. Teachers reported their suspicions of abuse; relatives tried to intervene. But each time, police officers and social workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Kids Kill Abusive Parents | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...classes have called up to reserve thewhole theatre," said Christina A. DePalma, whoworks at the Janus Cinema. Desperate viewers wereoffering prices up to $50 for remaining ticketsyesterday, but to no avail...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lee Epic Draws Rave Reviews | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...actually approached to write a book on a guide to single women, how single women can muddle through and avail themselves of whatever opportunities there are. There was to be a chapter on the cities you can move to where the sex ratio is in your favor...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FIGHTING THE BACKLASH: | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

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