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...weeks ago I saw bullfight in Madrid. I didn't enjoy it very much. The killing of the bull did not disturb me, I just didn't see the point. The matador has all the advantages. But there are always those horns. After three bulls were killed that day, it finally happened to a matador. It didn't bother...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: A Day With The CIRCUS | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...Sometimes a few homeless people may come into the church and participate in the mass," Ford said. "Some talk to themselves and others participate peacefully. As long as they don't disturb the mass we're glad to have them come...

Author: By Perry Q. Despeignes, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Man Interrupts Student Mass | 2/4/1992 | See Source »

...Larry decides to turn the property over to his daughters -- Ginny, Rose and Caroline -- and their husbands. If any of this reminds you of King Lear, read on. At the beginning the Cooks seem invulnerable. Only Caroline's defection to Des Moines and marriage to a non- farmer slightly disturb their cohesiveness. But by the end, the father has gone mad, the farm has been lost, the family splintered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Goneril and Regan | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

While Scarlett errs on the side of political correctness, Gone With the Wind -- its minstrel-show dialogue intact -- still sells like buttermilk biscuits. The irony does not seem to disturb the Mitchell estate. Ripley, a seasoned professional, apparently understood what she was getting paid so well to do: write the book that was doomed from conception to be endlessly compared to the original. Scarlett is the South's new Lost Cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frankly, It's Not Worth a Damn | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

...Either the vandals were extremely careful to make no noise and attract no attention, or the crime took place after people had gone to bed, perhaps at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., or even later. That people would go to such trouble on a cold weekend night to disturb and endanger Jews is extremely upsetting. It also implies a motive stronger than an ignorant impulse for destruction...

Author: By Lori E. Fein, | Title: An Act of Racism | 10/3/1991 | See Source »

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