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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lisica is a hero, a former Yugoslav Army officer who has battled his way across Bosnia. He thinks he may be tried as a war criminal if the Americans come but says he cannot worry about that. From his office, bare except for the desk, eight chairs and a cot, he can hear the NATO planes. They trouble him and often, as they roar overhead, he will stop in mid-conversation and begin a tirade against the forces that are arrayed against his men. But he is defiant about the possibility of foreign intervention. "I draw the maps around here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Serbian Lines | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard (except for Gitano) cast serves to sing the music, and not much else; they do very little acting throughout. Colum Amory as Phileas Fogg is characterless at first, but by the end gives some emotional depth to the tight British explorer. Wynne Love as Maureen has perfected her Irish accent, and simultaneously sings and acts with soul. The chorus is unanimated in the background, providing no action or interest of note. The script doesn't allow for the actors to do very much else besides sing, and as the show progresses we are struck with the distinct impression that...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Eighty Days: Strong Music, Weak Musical | 5/14/1993 | See Source »

...working document" calls for a $180 building campaign and about 40 new faculty positions. The plan has not yet been examined by the entire faculty, except for department chairs and the Faculty Council, and it will be discussed in Tuesday's full Faculty meeting, Knowles said...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: FAS To Spend $1B In Campaign Funds | 5/14/1993 | See Source »

...diffuse menace, attached to no particular group and potentially threatening everyone, at least in its "latent" form. So, naturally, as gays came out, they insisted on a unique and prideful group identity: We're queer, and we're here! How else do you get ahead in America except by banding together and hoisting a flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gap Between Gay and Straight | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

Perot drew 19.02 percent of the votes on November 3--more than any third-party or independent candidate except Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 and Millard Fillmore in 1856, who were both ex-presidents when they received 21.53 percent and 27.39 percent, respectively...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Preying on Perotians | 4/30/1993 | See Source »

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