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Chapman has further simplified the quest for the precise word by placing certain terms in useful vertical order, rather than running them in dense paragraphs. Thus about 150 manias, in riveting variety, are listed both by subject (railroad travel: siderodromomania; crossing bridges: gephyromania) and by name (trichorrhexomania: pinching off one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Satisfying Verbomania | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

SPENDING. Given the Democrats' belief in an activist government, Clinton is vulnerable on this front. Bush correctly charged in his Thursday night speech that the Democrats' budget proposals would add $220 billion in federal spending, not counting the cost of Clinton's health-reform package. But that number is spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come the Big Guns | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

It's one thing to warn people that the Big One is coming -- someday soon. Engineers can design stronger bridges and sounder buildings; city planners can guide development in ways that reduce hazards. It's quite another thing to sound the alarm for an earthquake less than a minute away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warning: You Have 30 Seconds . . . | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

A bipartisan romance bridges rival campaigns

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

But the overall ineffectiveness of the embargo has enabled Saddam to restore communications and electrical services and repair damage to bridges and government buildings. U.S. diplomats believe the ease with which Iraq has circumvented the sanctions has encouraged Saddam to increase his defiance of U.N. demands.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Keep On Trucking | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

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