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...shrinking from these harsh truths rather than accepting them, we follow a well-worn path to the climate of unreasoning fear and intolerance that allows this dark side to breed and create such injustices as slavery and genocide. Only by accepting the truths of the past and understanding how they unfolded can we avoid repeating our greatest failures...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Bearers of Bad News | 11/16/1988 | See Source »

...Hopkins, 44, also garnered some biting written evaluations from partners who branded her "macho," foulmouthed and harsh to co-workers. One said she needed to take a "course at charm school." Her candidacy was put on hold for a year. Afterward, a partner who was one of her biggest supporters advised her that she might improve her chances if she learned to walk, talk and dress "more femininely . . . wear makeup, have her hair styled and wear jewelry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A Hard Nose and a Short Skirt | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...effective than the Republicans on some of the critical issues of peace and prosperity. But that advantage, according to a TIME poll last week, has all but dissipated. Even where the electorate still judges the Democrats favorably, Dukakis hardly benefits. The survey conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman renders a harsh verdict on the Massachusetts Governor. Although the Democratic Party still commands more voter allegiance than the G.O.P. and although Bush remains weighed down with heavy negative baggage, Dukakis enters the campaign's final week struggling to prove himself plausible as President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Poll's Harsh Verdict | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

When the custody case begins, Anna is left confused and alone. Nimoy resists the temptation to descend into melodrama here, keeping the custody process a harsh--albeit somewhat abbreviated--reality...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: Maternal Triangle | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

...particularly harsh rebuke, the Central Committee passed a vote of no confidence against one of Milosevic's allies, Politburo member Dusan Skrebic. It also accepted the resignations of four of the 14 Politburo members. But | what may have distressed Yugoslavs most was the Central Committee's failure to address the disastrous meddling of party apparatchiks in the country's economy -- a subject on which Milosevic has campaigned with marked success. While Yugoslavia's $21 billion debt worries Western bankers, its citizens have watched their standard of living decline steadily. Heating bills often consume half an average monthly income of less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yugoslavia Talk, Talk - Fight, Fight | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

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