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...revolution, I'd have killed you! But sooner or later, you've got to open your eyes and see that it's only getting worse. Ten years ago, I thought there was still some hope. But it's getting late now, really late." And -- as the lighter's flame dies out -- dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba Fidel's Race Against Time | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...them, is a little boy named Toto (played by a delightful discovery, Salvatore Cascio). For him, any moving image is the nearest available occasion for bliss. An indifferent altar boy to the priest, he is a passionate acolyte to the projectionist, who is quite literally the keeper of a flame (the arc lamps inside his machine), the cranky guardian of a mystery more awesome -- or at least more attractive -- to the child than anything the church has to offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Priest of the Movie Faith | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...heat-seeking surface-to-air missile hurtles skyward faster than the speed of sound. In a matter of seconds, it can zero in on a plane, blasting it from the sky in a sickening burst of flame and smoke. Moreover, such missiles are all too available to terrorist groups and criminals around the world. Last week intelligence reports indicated that the Colombian cocaine cartels may be stockpiling just such antiaircraft devices. The fear is that the drug lords could use them to mount an attack on President George Bush when he flies into the Colombian city of Cartagena...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Could They Hit Air Force One? | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...music fades, a blonde woman fumbles for her cigarrette in the dark, tries to light it, and fails. The flame illuminates her face, which is screwed up in concentration. She tries to light it again. Eventually the cigarrette catches...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Probable Rug Burns | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...Holy Cross flame was heating up. Blaneypoured on some extra lighter fluid. You know, thekind you use on the Fourth of July. Roby reachedfor his, but it was gone. All he could muster upwere some spare icicles that were hanging from theHarvard bench

Author: By Andy Fine, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Streaks | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

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