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That would apply equally in France, where two weeks ago Mitterrand found himself under the knife for prostate surgery and under the gun to cure his nation's political and economic malaise. But there were few takers for the argument advanced by Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy that the Bundesbank's actions proved the willingness of the Germans to "put the interests of Europe ahead of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Currency | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

McHugh, 15, allegedly stabbed Raustein repeatedly through the heart with a six-inch switchblade knife be fore fleeing with Velez and Donovan across the Harvard Bridge to Kenmore Square...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Student Murdered; Three Youths in Custody | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

Police later found the knife hidden behind the tire of a car in Kenmore Square, and Raustein's wallet floating in the Charles River...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Student Murdered; Three Youths in Custody | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...Reiser, a former stand-up comic, has knife-edge timing and a full repertoire of nervous tics, and Hunt manages to be both charming and exasperating at the same time. One sign of a sitcom that cares more about its characters than its gag lines: when Paul and Jamie start to fight, they ask their dinner guests to leave the room -- carrying their potential wisecracks with them. Privacy is one concept that becomes more precious with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Generation Gap | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

...Last week on the family-values dais in Houston, after Bush's acceptance speech, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a conspicuous honored guest. In the first few minutes of Terminator 2, parents do not fail to notice, Schwarzenegger, in order to steal someone's motorcycle and clothes, drives a long-bladed knife through a man's shoulder, pinning him to a pool table, and fries another man's hands and face on the griddle of a restaurant. Ten-year- olds watch Schwarzenegger's disgusting violence and absorb it as if it were normal, acceptable and heroic behavior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Values | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

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