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EVEN ANTIDEMOCRATS LIKE SERBIAN PRESIDENT Slobodan Milosevic crave the legitimacy only elections can bestow; what is vexing is the chance of losing. So he fixed the odds. Milosevic now risks almost nothing in upcoming Dec. 20 balloting, since the Serbian Electoral Commission disqualified his most formidable opponent, Yugoslavian Prime Minister Milan Panic, for failing to meet a one-year residency requirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing The Odds | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...lover gives her helps support her family, knows the stronger partner is always the one who loves less. The man (Tony Leung, a wonderful Hong Kong actor) is singed, happily, by the flame of his ardor. His naked vulnerability is just one of the gifts he is eager to bestow. She can swallow his pride, his ego, his love and longing. He , is hers to do with as she will, now and forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saigon, Mon Amour | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

...child-rearing fears as well. I think my mother would like me to have children and I am aware that with a child comes responsibilities But having experienced an alternative family structure, I know that a child does not judge with an artificial set of values. If I bestow love on her, she will be happy...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Alternative Family Values | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

...deal is cut, the plans laid out. All that's left is a title to bestow on Secretary of State JAMES BAKER when he joins the Bush campaign this week. Bush will end months of speculation surrounding the Baker move with an announcement meant to kick off the Republican Convention. The Bush troops hope to ignite the party faithful who have been looking for the Secretary to revive the lagging campaign. Baker's arrival could not be sooner: the G.O.P. has concluded that if it is to win in November, it absolutely must win at least two of three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Last, Jimmy to the Rescue | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

...that she has a "unique horrible agenda" stemming from her family back ground--a past that fuels her sometimes irrational ambitions to succeed on her own. Sherry feels that success as a reporter, in breaking this one story, is one thing that her rich and powerful father can't bestow upon...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Judgment Call of Reporters, Drug Dealers, Ethics and Ambition | 7/10/1992 | See Source »

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