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...York Times once a week . . . and also some secret trash books that will go unnamed, stashed hither and yon. I don't trust you enough to tell you the titles of all the books I'm reading." Well, which of his parts might he call a breakthrough role? A frown. "Breakfast roll? Oh, breakthrough role. I don't have time to think that way. I've never lived in a world where that question makes any sense." How does this busy man balance his interests? "I don't consider my life a balancing act," he says. "I consider these things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Damn,He's Good | 9/6/1993 | See Source »

Since early 1992, almost 200 people have been killed in the Muslim fundamentalists' campaign against the government. The targets for their bullets and bombs have shifted from Muslim opinion leaders who frown on fundamentalism to Christian Copts, foreign tourists and police officers. No matter whom they shoot at, their long-term aim remains constant: to topple Mubarak and install a purely Islamic anti-Western government, complete with such harsh traditional punishments as beheading and limb amputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bombs in The Name of Allah | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

...carried an air of high history, a sense that the fate of the earth depended on how these two men got along. As the leaders greeted each other, TV cameras carried the handshake around the world and commentators tried to read far-ranging implications in this smile or that frown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Friend in Need | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

...controlled substance of choice for some technoites is Ecstasy, a synthetic mood-elevating drug that is roughly akin to amphetamines in the long-lasting rush it provides. It has been illegal since 1985 but is easily obtainable on the black market. Others frown on drug and alcohol use, stressing that intoxication is extraneous to the rave experience. "The rave scene isn't about fashion or getting high," says DJ Disaster, 26, who is co- producing "Psycho Splash '92," a rave taking place this week in an aquatic theme park outside St. Louis. "It's about forgetting who's going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tripping the Night Fantastic | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

...looking for a honeymoon," Anderson says, a frown replacing the smile. "I have a three year contract. If they don't renew it, I'll move...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Top Cop | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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