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...vacancies created by departing professors, including the turnover of some junior faculty. He also pointed specifically to the department's loss of Thomson Professor of Government Morris P. Fiorina--who has accepted a post at Stanford--as a departure which creates a gap in the department's American studies branch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gov. Dept. Selects New Chair | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...lightning-breathing terror with three bloodshot eyes, wreathed in the smoke of burning human flesh. In fact, however, as one of a pantheon of "protector deities," he exercises his wrath only in defense of a 350-year-old purist interpretation of the Dalai Lama's own Gelugpa branch of Tibetan Buddhism. For decades the High Lama himself included Shugden in his daily prayers. But in 1976 he began preaching against the god; in 1996 he discouraged Shugdenites' participation in a key initiation, and soon his exile government prohibited Shugden services in state offices and even in government-run monasteries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monks vs. Monks | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...FRESH TESTAMENT For those unfamiliar with new pop music, here is an excerpt from Blood Spilla, a Christian hip-hop song by William Branch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 11, 1998 | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...write to commend Andrea Johnson and Abigail Branch for their column criticizing the Bolder Boulder marathon for its steps to increase the success of American runners (April 29). The race committee's decision to limit the number of Kenyan entrants is absolutely unconscionable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Making Marathons More Fair | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

...late creator of Krav Maga. Back home, Levine began teaching the system to a handful of Los Angeles students while he attended law school. When he opened his training center last year, he had an instant hit on his hands. Membership has shot past 1,000, and another branch is planned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Choke! Gouge! Smash! | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

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