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...week's end all that armature saw service. An RUC decision to obstruct a traditional Protestant march sparked three days of rioting as Unionists protested the perceived insult to their heritage. Then, when the march was allowed to proceed, Catholics exploded with protests of their own that injured hundreds and left a Catholic youth dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BATTLE OF PORTADOWN | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

...fact that Jackson was born black in the segregated South is essential to unraveling his character, but, as Frady convincingly demonstrates, the pangs of racial insult are not the sole, or even most important, source of Jackson's relentless drive for attention and self-definition. The illegitimate offspring of 16-year-old Helen Burns and her married next-door neighbor Noah Robinson, Jackson suffered the taunt "Jesse ain't got no daddy" from other children in his native Greenville, South Carolina. After his mother married hardworking Charles Jackson and had a child with him, three-year old Jesse was sent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: BECOMING SOMEBODY | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...ROTC resolution provided the final insult for many council members who did not agree with PUCC politics. After the meeting, 18 members formally announced the establishment of a new coalition, Harvard Students First...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: NOT QUITE PUCCING THE TREND | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...Crimson demanded that the University save the Dana Palmer House, claiming that its destruction would "insult generations of men who lived [in the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lamont Built on Site of Dana Palmer House | 6/4/1996 | See Source »

...Simpson tried a few quips, only to be interrupted by Fiona Maazel, an American at Oxford for her junior year abroad. "You can make your jokes, but this isn't funny," she said. "This is serious. Your wife was murdered. Your history of assault and abuse makes this an insult." The audience was stunned and embarrassed. Maazel was escorted out of the hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PURPOSEFUL TOURIST | 5/27/1996 | See Source »

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