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Last fall, self-described "humorists" from the Harvard Lampoon--a semi-sadomasochistic social club that periodically publishes perennially pitiful parodies--massacred Cambridge's brave, defenseless Freedom Tree. With an axe. This violent affront to American liberty and the local environment sickened and saddened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Do Unto Others... | 4/23/1991 | See Source »

...again. After you've been to Judgment City, the second alternative is not entirely appealing. The highly evolved locals jocularly refer to earthlings as "little brains," because they employ only 2% or 3% of their mental capacity. A step backward becomes particularly dispiriting to Daniel after he meets a brave, smart woman named Julia (played by a sexily beaming Meryl Streep). She is a sure shot to move on to a higher plane of existence, and he would desperately like to join...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

...allied forces, including our own American troops, have become embroiled in a bitter struggle to liberate a captive people. The time to debate foreign policy has become the time to unite as a people behind our president, Congress and, most important, our brave American brothers and sisters who hope, just as we do, for a quick, dignified homecoming...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No More Debate | 1/18/1991 | See Source »

...lack of information is making people nervous," said Lt. Col. William R. Mark, a chaplain at Fort Devens. "People have to be brave and patient...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: War Worries New Englanders | 1/18/1991 | See Source »

...precondition for peace in the Gulf. His strategy--"yes, absolutely, yes" to go to war with Israel in the case of U.S. attack--is designed to undermine Arab support for the international coalition. Even if Hussein loses the ensuing war, he will go down in history as a brave martyr for the Palestinian cause...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: The Last Mile | 1/11/1991 | See Source »

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