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...would be naive to suppose that the Republicans have changed their motivations for cutting CPB's funding overnight. The budget issue is being used as a screen to hide their ideological aims...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: Defending Sesame Street | 1/23/1995 | See Source »

...causes a lot of trouble. Things get out of control when three tough tigers show up (ignoring the no tigers sign) and decide that roast duck would be just dandy. Hodges whaps the biggest tiger with a squishy souffle, and the duck dives into a large raspberry tart to hide. Alas, his back end sticks out, and the tigers growl hungrily, having no trouble imagining a nice big bowl of duck a la raspberry. Suddenly the biggest tiger licks his fearsome chops and smiles, because the souffle that is sticking to his face tastes good. He and his sidekicks order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Imagine: a Cow in a Gown! | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...long distances across rugged terrain while holding heavy semiautomatic rifles. John Schlosser, coordinator of Colorado's Free Militia (claimed membership: 3,000), admits that his group's doomsday preparations sometimes amount to no more than "playing games in the woods." Militia members, sometimes with their families in tow, play hide-and-seek and capture the flag, all to build conditioning in case of an armed conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patriot Games | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

Cobb once held some 40 major-league hitting and base-running records, and his lifetime batting average (.367) remains unsurpassed. Aside from that, he had everything to hide: unquestionably a womanizer, a wife beater and a venomous racist, he was possibly a murderer and a fixer of ball games. But if he did not want all that written down for posterity, he did not otherwise deny who and what he was. He flaunted his nature in the same way he flaunted his talent on the playing field -- with vicious abandon. His only virtue was his total lack of hypocrisy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Baseball's Evil Genius | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

...gays in similar cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the dismissal from the Naval Academy of a top-ranked, openly gay midshipman. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected at some point to settle the constitutionality of dismissing military personnel who don't hide their homosexuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 20-26 | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

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