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...gabber on the no. 1 talk-radio station in the No. 1 market called blacks "savages" and Haitian refugees "subhuman scum." Gays were "perverted misfits." Anyone who argued or spoke with an accent earned a raging "Get off my phone, you creep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOUSE TO MOUTH: SHUT UP! | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

Sections are designed to be small-group discussions in which students can express their opinions and create a dialogue with fellow students and the teaching fellow (TF). All too often, however, section sizes creep above 17, 18, even 20 students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Deans Will Address Section Size | 3/13/1996 | See Source »

Although he appears pleased with his thesis experience so far, some regret does creep into Hemsey's voice...

Author: By Amber L. Ramage, | Title: Seniors Tell a Tale of Three Theses | 2/24/1996 | See Source »

...companies in the Dow Jones industrials will earn a combined $347.50 per share in 1996. If these 30 stocks sell for an average of 171/2 times earnings, we might even see a 20% gain in stocks and a 6000 Dow in 1996. But this is where the doubts creep in, owing to the sluggish economy and the silence at the cash registers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE TO LOOK IN '96 | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...will not be a police force. It will not conduct nation building. It will not be a disarmament force and chase after people to collect weapons and whatnot. And it will not be responsible for the movement of refugees." In other words, this time there will be no "mission creep," Pentagonese for the gradual expansion of tasks, which turned the Somalia intervention from an initial success to an eventual debacle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN HARM'S WAY | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

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