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Lenin was a ruthless misanthrope, perhaps crueler than Stalin, according to Emeritus Professor of Russian History Richard Pipes, editor of The Unknown Lenin, a collection of newly-released Soviet documents...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, | Title: Pipes Discusses Russian History at Book-Signing | 11/23/1996 | See Source »

...Circuit, uncomprehendingly admits the reality of the nightmare: "It seems clear that some physicians [in the Netherlands] practice nonvoluntary euthanasia, although it is not legal to do so." Well, why would such things occur in the Netherlands? Are the people there morally inferior to Americans? Are the doctors somehow crueler and more uncaring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIRST AND LAST, DO NO HARM | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

Washington, as any biologist will tell you, is crueler than nature, and for the next few months rivals Clinton and Dole will find themselves in more or less intimate association, mutually dependent but wholeheartedly trying to annihilate each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOB & BILL'S BELTWAY BAKE-OFF | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

With Marino, though, it seems even crueler. Think about it for a second. He is the best pure passer of his generation, probably ever, and he has never won a championship in anything. Not in the pros. Not in college. Not in high school. And not even in Pop Warner...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Empty Fingers | 1/11/1995 | See Source »

...fact, human nature favors Kerrigan: Olympic judges, like Supreme Court Justices, read the election returns, and Kerrigan, the goddess of good, already enjoys a significant edge over Harding, the consort of thugs. On the other hand, if Kerrigan falls and Harding triple-Axels her way to victory, then what crueler punishment could be devised than for Harding to lose her medal if she is eventually found guilty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Eye: Now for the Skate-Off | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

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