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That's the secret, really. Don't write out "TIME!!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good extra five points if you can hack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/20/1993 | See Source »

...models begin striding out for the show, Karan is in constant motion behind the curtain, tucking, smoothing, adjusting angles by an imperceptible (to anyone but her) fraction of an inch. Nothing escapes her eye. Everything has to be perfect. "Are you accessorized? . . . I told you I need a beret! . . . Lynn, move the belt!" From out on the runway comes the sound of Madonna singing her version of Peggy Lee's Fever as each model passes through Karan's last-minute scrutiny and touch-up. "Little black glasses! Who's next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donna Karan Inc. | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...funding is dependent upon getting a permanent facility, Miller said. "Last night every bed and every inch of floor space was filled...

Author: By Quentin A. Palfrey, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Shelter Location Disputed | 12/11/1992 | See Source »

...There is no possibility of compromise with regard to the Golan. Nobody in Syria could give up one inch of land in the Golan. Every Syrian believes deep in his heart that whoever yields a part of his land is a traitor -- and the fate of traitors is well known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hafez Assad: Land Before Peace | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

...Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus. We are not interested in a square inch of Lebanese soil or a cubic meter of their water. The problem there is security -- the absence of a Lebanese government that can control its sovereign soil and prevent terrorist acts against Israel. Jordan cannot have a separate peace without solving the Palestinian problem. That makes the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and the Israeli-Syrian negotiations the two key questions. With Syria we have a partner, and a boss who makes decisions. To what extent Assad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yitzak Rabin: Peace Before Land | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

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