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...Saddam is rightfully the target of public fury and condemnation for his brutal suppression of the rebels, George Bush has borne the brunt of the blame for Western inaction. The President not only failed to explain clearly why the U.S. was unwilling to support the insurgents, but he seemed to show no mercy when their rebellion turned into a rout. Declared Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory: "The sight of those wretched souls streaming into Turkey . . . as Bush abandons them on the 18th hole of a Florida golf course, makes you wonder if in this case it is peace, rather than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Course of Conscience | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

After a ten day layoff, the Crimson (2-4 overall, 1-1 Ivy) now begins a brutal schedule, playing two games a week for the rest of the season. And the opponents lying in wait are an ominous bunch. Brown. Yale. Massachusetts. Princeton...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Adelphi Poses 'Immense' Challenge to Struggling Laxmen | 4/13/1991 | See Source »

Watching the Iraqi Kurds and Shiites sink into oblivion, oppressed people everywhere now know that they had better keep quiet, whatever the American President says. That brutal silence--that is the new world order...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: The Big Lie | 4/12/1991 | See Source »

...varsity batswomen unleashed 15 runs on 20 hits en route to a brutal 10-1 drubbing of Holy Cross in the first game and a solid 5-2 victory in the second...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Mighty Batswomen Burn Holy Cross in Slugfest | 4/10/1991 | See Source »

Today a few Algonans fear their town will be indelibly marked by Robert's madness, the way Villisca, Iowa, is by the brutal ax murder of eight residents there back in 1912. But uppermost in everyone's mind is the hope that the Dreesmans will be remembered for all they did, not for the way they died. The hospital addition will help, although Robert almost killed that possibility too, by assuming he could dispose of his family's wealth with his own will, since he would be the last to die. For some contorted reason, he left $1 to each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algona, Iowa A Time to Kill, And a Time to Heal | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

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