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...Manfred Worner, or Yeltsin. They're the bigwigs," snapped Asha, cleaning his pipe. Pause. "As far as we're concerned, from now on, the only person worth turning to is Yeltsin. Maybe later on it'll be Zhirinovsky," concluded Asha, frantically trying to light his pipe with a lighter that had the U.N. insignia on it. No go. I guess there wasn't any flint left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Host to Some Dubious Guests | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...guidelines will make the burden of cancer lighter for those of us who have borne it or are bearing it," said Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan, founder of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. "Pain is not an inevitability in cancer...

Author: By Chris Terrio, | Title: Carr: Cancer Pain Avoidable | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...Bensonhurst march, Sharpton wasprotesting the sentencing of a group of whiteteenagers accused of killing Black teenager YusufHawkins. Only one of the accused men was convictedof murder, the others received lighter sentences...

Author: By Leo H. Cheung, | Title: Sharpton to Urge Black Involvement | 2/9/1994 | See Source »

...workload wouldn't get lighter-the time for doing it would just get shorter. And people active in extracurricular activities would be forced to do their planning and work for next-semester projects (spring registration issues, for example) during reading and exam period as well...

Author: By Tehshik P. Yoon, | Title: Keep the Current Calendar | 2/5/1994 | See Source »

...Connecticut last April, with five friends from a Buddhist youth group assisting him, Binh Gia Pham doused himself with gasoline, flicked a lighter and exploded into flames. The 43-year-old immigrant was protesting attempts by the Vietnamese government to suppress Buddhism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cultural Defense | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

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