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...total jest. I'm surprised that anybody took offense," said Brian M. Gibel...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: History Prof Denies Charges of Sexism | 11/7/1991 | See Source »

...unemployment-benefits bill with no fanfare, Bush would have none of it. He ordered a Rose Garden offensive with his political general staff assembled for the cameras, and he signed the veto with a flourish. As House Minority Leader Robert Michel left the scene, he muttered, only partly in jest, "Could you airbrush me out of this picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency You Shouldn't Win 'Em All | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

...some jest of Providence, the first three numbers did not provide fun enough for the crowd, the group's thickly textured "Leave It" put to rest any lingering doubts as to the sweetness of this...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: This Jam Was Not Stuck in Traffic | 10/17/1991 | See Source »

...personal liberties, hundreds of young have set out for Florida in flimsy rubber tubes or rafts. More than 1,000 Cubans, the majority of them under 30, have survived the dangerous crossing this year. "Take me with you in your suitcase," pleads a high school student, only half in jest. After months of leniency, malcontents are again being hauled off to jails or rounded up for warnings. Local block groups, with 4 million members, have formed "rapid-reaction brigades" to nip any protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Dancing the Socialist Line | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

...haven't decided whether I'm going to change Bangladesh through reform or revolution," she says, only half in jest. "But it'll have to be done...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Globetrotter Eyes the Road to Home | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

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