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...organization, Physicians for Human Rights, deplored the extreme physical violence Palestinians have suffered, in a report they published earlier this year. In it, they conclude: "Indeed the word 'beating' does not properly convey the literal pounding and mauling with clubs and other weapons required to produce the injuries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israel | 10/5/1988 | See Source »

Unfortunately, through my own experience in looking at three different sections, as well as other friends who have been in all sections, there is not a single one able to convey the mathematical concepts and principals involved in a clear and concise manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Math Problems | 10/5/1988 | See Source »

...these debates, reporters inevitably swarm around the spokesmen for both campaigns to hear them say what they're paid to say--that their man won. The need for reporters and camera crews to convey the obviously highly partisan opinions of these campaign strategists to millions of Americans is dubious...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...individual lines and specific issues could not convey answers to the deeper, almost psychological question that the American voters now face: Which contender seemed more likely to be a figure of comfort in the White House? Despite the frequent critiques of his somber style, Dukakis seldom smiled during the debate, and when he did the display of teeth seemed forced. For his part, Bush seemed almost overbriefed, as he sometimes verged on incoherence in his efforts to jam as many debating points as possible in a two-minute answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Icy Duke Edges Out Bush in a Taut Debate | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...performances shape up over the rest of the week. For the voters, the challenge will be to avoid being swayed by the handiwork of the handlers and to focus instead on the substance of what the two men said and the impressions they were able to convey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Icy Duke Edges Out Bush in a Taut Debate | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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