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Unfortunately, that's often not the message you get from the three Republican musketeers. Especially for the xenophobic Helms, Bosnia is an opportunity to attack the idea of international organizations, of which he has a distinct phobia (witness his hysterics over the World Trade Organization...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: The U.N. Excuse | 12/7/1994 | See Source »

...Helms message that carries the day, that would have major repercussions. The U.S. is the primary funder of the U.N., and without its support the organization will start to shrivel. A little shriveling, of course, might not be bad; the U.N. has distinct symptoms of blosting. But will Helms and company know when to stop? It's unlikely...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: The U.N. Excuse | 12/7/1994 | See Source »

Watching the election returns on television two weeks ago, I had the distinct impression, a passing vision really, that the end of the world was upon...

Author: By Manuel F. Cachan, | Title: Running From Liberalism | 11/29/1994 | See Source »

Transporters can send people instantly from one location to another by converting their molecules into energy, then reassembling them. Every living being has a distinct pattern of molecules; the pattern buffer fixes the configuration by adjusting for the Doppler effect -- the apparent change in the frequency of the energy waves caused by motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reconfigure the Modulators! | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

...through when prescribing pills for their patients. They have already seen results with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, a condition in which people continuously repeat the same sequence of thoughts or behaviors. By performing sophisticated computer analyses of patients' EEG readings, they have been able to describe distinct patterns that distinguish those who are more likely to respond to drugs from those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suicide Check | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

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