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The difficult situation is made even more unpleasant because, according to custom, Ogwama should automatically become the wife of her brother-in-law. Ogwama refuses this unfair fate (evidently, she is a firm believer of the love match) and shortly thereafter inspires the scary wrath of Odibei (Crescent Muhammad '97...

Author: By Fabian Giraldo, | Title: Melodrama Can't Sink 'Wedlock' | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

What put these established couturiers on their mettle was the arrival of a rank newcomer, British ready-to-wear designer John Galliano, 35, who took over last November as boss at Givenchy. Galliano posed a threat on a few fronts. Unlike most couturiers, he is a genuinely colorful character, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: THE NEW KID IN TOWN | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

But if that's true, the flat tax would collect less money than the current system, at least in the short term. Robert Hall, a conservative Stanford University economist, who with his colleague Alvin Rabushka literally wrote the book on the subject (The Flat Tax, 1985), estimates that Forbes' scheme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IS THIS TAX FLAT UNFAIR? | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

The crowning example of Zahedi's failure as a believer in Fate and as a director happens on Christmas morning. Bobby has brought presents for his family and crew. Having anticipated problems, Bobby bought three hits of the drug Ecstasy, (one for each family member) to facilitate the emotional healing...

Author: By Irene E. Lee, | Title: Vegas-Bound with God and Woody | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

Arafat: Do you think this is the first time I am facing trouble? [Israeli General Ariel] Sharon was trying to kill me during the siege of Beirut. Did you forget that? Then there was the air raid against my residence in Tunisia. And the crash of my airplane in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE BECAME MORE THAN FRIENDS | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

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