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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, Seltzer proceeds to destroy the credibility he has so carefully worked to establish. Sappy lines seem allowable--they are reminders of the melodrama of old war films, which were replete with sentimentality. However, a drastic shoot-'em-up scene and a ridiculously inappropriate ending just don't fit. They are inexplicable and unacceptable...

Author: By Sarah E. Funke, | Title: A Dim but Darling Spy | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...history of global warming and the awesome onsequences of seemingly small changes in the earth's equilibrium. Apparently, samll temperature changes have precipitated everything from the Ice Age to the habitation of North America. Gore's subsequently predicts that similar changes (such as higher temperatures from global warming) could destroy humanity. Gore's point fails to threaten the reader when one considers that civilization has always adapted to environmental variation...

Author: By Sucharita Mulpuru, | Title: Al's Green Thumb | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, who was videotaped inhaling from a crack pipe by federal agents after being lured to a hotel by an ex-girl friend. Now, says the Rev. Abraham Woods, one of the civil rights veterans who has championed Arrington's cause, "they're out to destroy this fine mayor. They have a Klan mentality. They think they can treat blacks the way they want to. They belong to the old school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Let Me Out of Here! | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

Walsh said he knows who the informant is andthat the former partner is trying to destroy hisreal estate fortune. He refused to reveal theinformant's identity...

Author: By Mark L. Ruberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Fed Grand Jury Subpoenas Walsh In Fraud Inquiry | 1/31/1992 | See Source »

Captive breeding may destroy behaviors needed for survival. Zoo-bred golden lion tamarins dropped out of trees and ignored natural food after going back to the Brazilian jungle. The first red wolves reintroduced to a North Carolina refuge wandered out into residential neighborhoods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can They Go Home Again? | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

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