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Isn't adolescence madhouse enough--with sufficient confusion, shame and manic, grandiose-despairing energy of its own? The years from puberty to the first full-time job are a rough passage through which the child, if tough and lucky, evolves into a creditable, honorable, responsible grownup. You cannot light a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIFTEEN CHEERS FOR ABSTINENCE | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

"There is a lot of confusion on campus and in the Faculty about what ethnic studies is comprised of," Jung said.

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs and Douglas M. Pravda, S | Title: Faculty Sidesteps Recommendations On Ethnic Studies | 9/28/1995 | See Source »

The episode was reminiscent on a smaller scale of the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, which took place 12 years ago this month. But if the spirit of last week's attack seemed lifted from the cold war, its causes were rooted in what came after: the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNFORGIVEN TRESPASS | 9/25/1995 | See Source »

"We got a little defensive, and there may have been some confusion," Noonan said. "But now we've taken the pressure off of our shutout."

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: W. Soccer Tops Columbia, 4-1, Remaining Undefeated | 9/23/1995 | See Source »

I had just arrived at the bottom of a narrow creek bed when I heard several sharp cracks. Incoming fire, the first I had ever experienced, rifles and submachine guns, I guessed. I heard a scream up ahead. The men began shouting and running around in utter confusion. I repressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MY AMERICAN JOURNEY: Colin Powell | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

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