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Time moves backward when it is time to move on. The dynamics may change, these murderous passions may exhaust themselves. (It is hard to believe that anyone's sense of injured honor would be appeased by joining a lynch mob to commit the most primitive of murders. But victims feel themselves to be justified in anything that they do.) In any case, maybe peace will become possible again after this fire has blown itself out. If it does blow itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Mideast Crisis May Help Bush | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

Eric R. O'bryan, department administrator for the comparative literature department, said he smells smoke and other odors, like car exhaust, when he is in his office on the west side of the basement floor...

Author: By Keith J. Lo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smoking Banned Near Boylston | 10/5/2000 | See Source »

...winning by 1-0 and 2-0 scores. "I truly think he's beatable," says Steve Fraser, national coach of the U.S. Greco-Roman team and a light-heavyweight gold medalist in 1984. Fraser says Rulon Gardner, America's No. 1 super heavyweight, will try to outwork Karelin and exhaust him on his feet. (Ghaffari is an alternate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Alexander Karelin | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...from old plumbing joints, but we drink mostly bottled water. And we don't often burn candles; some wicks contain lead that can reach toxic levels. The biggest source of lead here is Rachel's stained-glass studio in the basement. But Brennan declared himself "wickedly impressed" by the exhaust fan, respirator, fume collector and gloves Rachel uses when she works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Mold Busters | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...stoves and dryers to outside venting, says Brennan. "We see this all the time in problem buildings." In this case, the fumes we thought were leaving the house were being dumped into the crawl space. Worse, Shaughnessy points out, the nearby air-conditioning system could be sucking up the exhaust fumes and moisture from the dryer and recirculating them around the house. But we eat out a lot, and it's an easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Mold Busters | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

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