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If geography is destiny, the fate of France would assuredly seem blessed. A temperate climate and gentle, well-watered terrain have contrived down the ages to produce a civilization sans pareil. It is a culture abrim with connoisseurs of the good life and nature's bounty. Charles de Gaulle, father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New France | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

The President's refusal to reconsider dumping Quayle is all the more baffling because the Republican Party is blessed with a number of attractive alternatives in Bush's Cabinet, the Senate and statehouses around the nation. Selecting any of them would signal to the nation that the President is aware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not The Best? | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

When Tyne Daly took an afternoon off from rehearsing Gypsy to attend a musical down the street, she accosted its producer on the way in to demand, "You haven't ruined it, have you? I've loved the novel all my life." That ( same mix of gleeful anticipation and dread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Children's Haven of Healing | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

Yale, on the other hand, swarmed the Crimson in the defensive zone, and was blessed by strong performances from its talented attackers and midfielders. Senior middie Brian Walter recorded a hat trick, while Kim Dunn and Brendan Sheehan both tallied two goals and two assists. Senior attacker Josh McHugh dominated...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Yale Spoils Lackluster Laxmen's Day, 14-7 | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

Yet wretched as they are, Omar's family is among the blessed ones. They live in one of the thousands of tents pitched on the steep slopes of the Sirwan River valley, a few miles inside the Iranian border. The Iranian army provides shelter, bread every day, and a crude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refugees: Omar's Journey | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

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