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EVEN ANTIDEMOCRATS LIKE SERBIAN PRESIDENT Slobodan Milosevic crave the legitimacy only elections can bestow; what is vexing is the chance of losing. So he fixed the odds. Milosevic now risks almost nothing in upcoming Dec. 20 balloting, since the Serbian Electoral Commission disqualified his most formidable opponent, Yugoslavian Prime Minister Milan Panic, for failing to meet a one-year residency requirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing The Odds | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...surprise that thirtysomething shows are growing in popularity. They reflect, to a large degree, the experiences and life-styles of the people who create them. They attract the audience demographics that advertisers crave. They usually get applause from the critics -- or at least approving nods for trying to bring "quality" to a medium dominated by escapist drivel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Generation Gap | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

...concern for human capital, and voters could have a compelling alternative to the policies George Bush labeled "voodoo economics" before he adopted them as Ronald Reagan's 1980 running mate. All that's needed now is for Tsongas and Clinton to actually engage in the debate they profess to crave -- that and two open minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Who Has the Best Plan for Fixing the Economy? | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

North Star Engine. Most buyers pay lip service to fuel economy but crave power. This high-tech Double Overhead Camshaft (DOHC) aluminum V-8 engine will deliver plenty of the latter and still be reasonably thrifty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Silver Lining in the Showroom | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...authors' stated desire to develop laws, public policies, and community standards which would publicly "discourage" homosexuality, is not mistaken by homosexuals or straights for either a solution to discrimination-induced unhappiness, or a valid approach towards dealing with gay people. Straights should not presume that homosexuals crave their charity, in any form. And no one should believe that conversion to heterosexuality would prevent any further prejudice to erstwhile homosexuals. The boundaries of bigotry are not so precisely drawn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Straightening' Out Peninsula's Facts | 11/19/1991 | See Source »

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