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...actions. Lavin still inflicts pain on those around him, but in a radically different way. Now the camera focuses on the confusion, mistrust and terror in the eyes of his wife. She must come to grips with this former life of her husband--one which she is forced to confront every time she turns on the evening news, or looks at their two young sons...

Author: By Tristanne LILAH Walliser, | Title: The Bells Toll for 'Boys of St. Vincent' | 12/15/1994 | See Source »

...that it matters too much, since new commissions are flooding in. "I don't write music to grab a large audience, though I'm pleased that I do," the composer says. "But success doesn't exactly help you confront that terrible blank page. When I sit down to write a piece of music, it's still the same old Michael Nyman, excited and terrified at the same time." His listeners are happy to go along for the ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Minimalist to the Max | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

During debate before the full council, another sponsor of the measure, Rudd W. Coffey '97, said that adding a mid-year election would force members to confront student concerns more frequently. He also said that having elections each semester would allow bored and unproductive members to exit gracefully...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: U.C. Rejects Bill To Hold Election Each Semester | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...secure base and a solid lead in the polls this year, freeing Gingrich to travel on behalf of other candidates. His Democratic opponent, former Representative Ben Jones, has been reduced to showing up with bloodhounds at Gingrich rallies in other districts to dramatize how hard the man is to confront back home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Down the House G.O.P. Guerrilla | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

Watch out! The anti-democratic forces are on the prowl once again. Crusaders for term limits claim to have the public interest in mind. Yet their agenda conceals an unwillingness to confront the real problems of contemporary politics...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Vote the Bums Out | 10/26/1994 | See Source »

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