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...English artist to make his homosexuality a theme of his art, but he was the first to do it in a garrulous, social way, treating his appetites as the most natural thing in the world and not, like Francis Bacon, as a pretext for reflection on Eros' power to maim and dominate. His code for the subject in the early '60s was graffiti. Flattened scrawly figures with sticks for limbs and blobs for heads, much influenced by Jean Dubuffet, populate a whole set of images from 1960 to 1963 -- Doll Boy, The Fourth Love Painting, The Most Beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Giving Success a Good Name | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

Biggest Blowout Win: Icemen maim Yale in Game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Looking Back | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

Whew again! Night Court's John Larroquette proves himself a wonderful comic foil. Here he is a man sworn to maim anyone who attempts to trifle with Nadia, his former love. Guess who tries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knockoff Blind Date | 4/20/1987 | See Source »

What sets Buthelezi apart from other black nationalists is his rejection of violence and economic sanctions against the government. "I will not lead black South Africans to maim, hack and kill black South Africans, nor will I lead blacks to maim, hack and kill white South Africans," he says. He insists that the only real chance for change is through negotiation. Says Buthelezi: "There are no prospects either now or in the foreseeable future of toppling the South African government by violent means. The harsh reality, which for us is an inescapable reality, is that we do not destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Zulu Chief in the Middle | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

...public condemnation. We tried economic sanctions. And, yes, we tried a show of military might (the Sixth Fleet's skirmish in the Gulf of Sidra with Libyan patrol boats and missile batteries last month). But Gaddafi intensified his terrorist war, sending his agents around the world to murder and maim innocents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting the Source U.S. Bombers Strike At | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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