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...night of November 9, 1989, things changed. The Wall fell, state socialism gasped its last breath, and the East German people rose up against that dreaded stone symbol of authority. Toppled by the will of the people, Marx and Lenin were consigned to the mass grave of statuary piling up in Eastern Europe since...

Author: By Christopher Capozzola, | Title: Down with The Shops: A Manifesto | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

...think we are holding our breath because itstill has to go to a conference committee," Goldensaid. But he said he remained optimistic...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: SSC Vote Is Good News For Profs. | 10/2/1993 | See Source »

...faced the facts. My SE was choking to death with files: Word 5, Pagemaker, SuperPaint, four or five games, a system file stuffed with extra fonts and more utilities than I own pairs of shoes. Even with CompactPro (the small hard drive's friend), I was gasping for breath every time I tried to copy a new AfterDark file. My hard drive was also four years old, the age at which almost all of my friends' hard drives had taken a permanent nose dive. It did not bode well for thesis time...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Evolution of a Computer Nut | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

...addition to consistent quality, the Spaniard Domingo and the Italian Pavarotti have some other things in common -- among them sound technique and astute judgment in knowing what to sing and, more important, what to avoid. Technically, both are masters of breath control; both know how to "mark," that is, rehearse at half-voice and still give the conductor an exact idea of how their performance will sound at full volume. Singers who can't do that wear themselves out in preparation. Just as important, both have a personality that draws crowds, and both command a larger-than-life persona that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Knights of the Opera | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

...love without hurting people, without being devoured? That is a child's question, of course, and so plaintive because it can't be answered. Listening to this urgent whisper against the constraints of civilization, you can hear an old Scorsese bull snort under its breath. This is the rage of innocence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Good Fellow in Old New York | 9/20/1993 | See Source »

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