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...where tens of thousands of Russian troops remain and fighting continues. Chechen rebel leaders also formally suspended their participation in the widely violated cease-fire, saying they would refuse to negotiate until United Nations troops were brought in, a move Russia rejects as interference in its internal affairs. The breakdown in talks came after a bomb attack gravely injured the commander of Russian forces in Chechnya and killed three others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: OCTOBER 8-14 | 10/23/1995 | See Source »

...swear I almost had a breakdown. Johnny Carson is sitting a little behind you when you're up there performing. So while another performer is on, you can see the host getting his thoughts together. For some odd reason, I got up there and I was doing my act, working really hard, and then this little corner section of mind piped up and I started thinking, 'I wonder if Johnny likes me.' It just goes to show what kind of a bonehead I am. It will probably take years of therapy to get over...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Paula Goes to Harvard, Her Neurosis Follows | 10/19/1995 | See Source »

...wish we had a stronger sense of the teaching and shepherding authority of the church, whereas Catholics are loosening up on that. There's a kind of passing each other in opposing directions." He adds, "Many of us on the Protestant side of things worry a little about the breakdown of authority in the Catholic Church. We simply don't want to see them make all the mistakes we've made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CATHOLIC PARADOX | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

...Racial Breakdown of HMS Class...

Author: By Amita M. Shukla, | Title: Med School Class of '99: A Closer Look | 10/4/1995 | See Source »

...steel rod running from the back of our front door to a brace on the floor so that no one could push in the door. Burglaries were common. Drug use was on the rise. Yet crime and violence in those days did not begin to suggest the social breakdown depicted in Fort Apache. That was yet to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MY AMERICAN JOURNEY: Colin Powell | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

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