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Clearly, the United States government does not make the respect for the dignity of human life a matter of policy--demonstrated foremost by the refusal to accept Haitian refugees while moralizing about ethnic cleansing. Because the United States uses the "moral" excuse inconsistently, we believe that respect for human life is not the central motive behind military intervention. This leads us to believe there are other, yet unexplored solutions to these problems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Choice of Powell Honors Militarism | 6/8/1993 | See Source »

...repentance is foremost in my mind in every waking moment and its intensity increases with the passing of every day," writes Leona Helmsley in an uncharacteristically groveling letter to a New York federal judge. The missive goes on to contend that Helmsley, the prominent hotel queen who is serving a four-year sentence for evading $1.2 million in federal income taxes, should be released as soon as possible from the prison in Danbury, Connecticut, where she has been studying for a high school-equivalency diploma. An expected favorable ruling by the judge, perhaps this week, would allow Helmsley to rejoin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Out of Jail, Not Quite Free | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

...Spider Woman, merges a homoerotic love story with homage to bygone movies viewed from a campy gay perspective. The season's ablest comedy, The Sisters Rosensweig, sympathetically portrays a bisexual man who romances one of the title siblings, then leaves her because he prefers men. The season's foremost drama, Angels in America, which opened last week to thunderous and deserved acclaim, positions the gay experience at the center of America's political and spiritual identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gay White Way | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

First and foremost, why does a professor of accounting have a messy financial past...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Prof's Accounts Complicated | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...urge any and all who are interested in AAA to first and foremost get involved. Come to steering committee meetings, come to general meetings, come to forums, call your officers. The elected officials of AAA are students just like yourselves and more than welcome any feedback that you can give them. And, as always, if you feel that the AAA officers have done an unsatisfactory job after a year, come to elections and either run for office or at least vote for candidates that you feel are better suited for the job. AAA is a democracy and as such, requires...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Charges Misrepresent the Nature of AAA | 3/26/1993 | See Source »

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