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In Las Vegas the only sound that rivals the clink of coins is the rush of water. At the Mirage, a flashy hotel complex on the Strip, a cascading 39-ft.- high waterfall gushes 135 gal. per min. Fountains adorn the entranceways to banks, hotels and condominiums. Development communities market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Till The Well Runs Dry | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

"Many people have the illusion that affirmative action increases the number of minority students in higher education. This is a fallacy," D'Souza said. "What affirmative action does is determine where minority students will be placed in higher education."

Author: By Charles J. Boudreau and Daniel Choi, S | Title: D'Souza Slams P.C. 'Posturing' | 4/11/1991 | See Source »

Besides, even if it were possible to reimpose totalitarianism, no one is under any illusion that it would solve the country's economic problems. Quite the contrary, a severe lurch to the right would lead to another cold war in the Soviet Union's relations with the West, and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Third Way | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

Besides having his servants abuse his young rival, Arnolphe uses his educated influence to train Agnes to be the perfect Bible-reading woman. Moliere intended the simple Agnes and noble Horace to be desperate heroes forced to fight to defy their oppressors. To their credit, both actors managed to accomplish...

Author: By P. GREGORY Maravilla, | Title: This Play Should Go Back to School | 3/15/1991 | See Source »

Westerners, who have wandered through centuries of darkness and enlightenment and rationalism and scientific method and then the various neo- darknesses of the 20th century (Auschwitz, Hiroshima and so on), have some difficulty with these dreamy effects in which reality and illusion float back and forth interchangeably. Americans have a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Holy War of Words | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

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