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President Clinton is not one to turn the other cheek. Years in politics have taught him that offense is the best defense. So when Clinton critics charged last week that the president's ineptitude was responsible for the recent debacles in Haiti and Somalia, he lashed back in defense of foreign policy...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: Teetering at the Brink in Somalia | 10/20/1993 | See Source »

Such sentiments will hardly make for smooth U.S.-U.N. cooperation in future peacekeeping operations. Boutros-Ghali, in an interview with Time, chose to turn the other cheek. Said he: "I am a super beggar" who can operate only with the contributions of troops and money that member nations make and the conditions they set. But members of his staff were understandably furious at the U.S. attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia: Anatomy of a Disaster | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

Despite the many engrossing performances, thefilm fails to overcome its structural problems.Although tongue-in-cheek humor counters much ofits sentimentality, the movie ultimatelyincorporates too many looming issues for it toescape cliche. At times the script just tries abit too hard: in an attempt to make Sonnydifferent from all the other mobsters in previousfilms, Palminteri has made Sonny a gangster who'sread Machiavelli in the joint and can now lectureabout the distinction between feared and hatedleaders. Unfortunately, the weak ending, whichtries to tie all the ends together in one fellswoop, does nothing to resurrect the film...

Author: By Clarissa A. Bonanno, | Title: Not Such Good Fellas | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

Sean's conversation-stopper--"what do you think about Harvard women?"--was a running joke by the time we hit Baltimore. He had a whole tongue-in-cheek spiel to go with...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: When Baseball Just Isn't Enough | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

...into the television room of the family's $5 million Beverly Hills mansion on the night of Aug. 20, 1989, and killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, with 15 shotgun blasts, including two "contact" shots -- from guns pressed against the back of Jose's head and Kitty's cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sons and Murderers | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

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