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...redraw the boundaries of his country. At a meeting with young Communists last week, he predicted, "If we begin to divide up, I'll give it to you bluntly, we'll end up in such a civil war, in such bloody ! carnage that we won't be able to crawl out of it." Given the tragic memories in Tbilisi, it was a fate Georgians were determined to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Freedom's Haunting Melody | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Time-outs for commercials have slowed football games to a crawl. World Series contests are played on frigid October nights so home viewers can watch them in prime time. And the networks are spending billions in an escalating battle to win the rights to major events. Television, the medium that once merely covered America's favorite sports, has virtually taken them over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...bounced up and down, then plunged toward the water. A 50-ft. piece of roadway had broken off and fallen onto the lower deck, carrying him with it. "Janice, we are going to die!" he shouted to his passenger. But something caught the car, and they were able to crawl out the windows to safety. Don Laviletta, riding his motorcycle on the upper deck, described how the roadway bulged and rippled toward him "like bumper cars -- only you could die in this game." The driver of one car, in fact, was killed in the collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earthquake | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...Phoenix Ariz., night spot, the customer held a broken bottle to her throat and forced her to pull into a deserted area. Robbing her of $70, the thug pushed the woman out of her cab and threw her to the ground. When her assailant ordered her to crawl in the dirt, Bolton responded by emptying her pocket semi-auto into him. He died later in a hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Guns Save Lives? | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

...very old Italian phrase book," an aria. "We've rehearsed it," he reveals, "but it wasn't recorded for the album. Various factions thought it was pushing things a bit far. But opera is one of our secret desires." Unlike British soldiers on a pub crawl, opera fans have been known to throw objects somewhat heftier than chits. But after nearly a decade, the Pogues still dote on stirring things up. The best rock comes right from the firing line, and the very best from bands, like the Pogues, that keep on shooting back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Eight Lads Putting on Airs | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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