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...done by forsaking the even fancier jobs they might have held in the private sector? If the gargantuan project should show any little chinks when it is finished, these can be patched through litigation, thus calling on the talents of more lawyers. When drunks treat hangovers in the same manner, it is known as taking the hair of the dog that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barefoot Doctors V. Scroogecare | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...Administration's intentions in Somalia. But as far back as September, Aspin was seeing signs that Clinton's doubts about the foreign-policy team were beginning to focus upon him. During his regular meetings with the President, the Secretary had begun to detect a certain "crispness" in Clinton's manner. "Things just deteriorated," says an aide. "Each time was worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring on the Admiral | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...Malcolm X) as Scrooge. Freeman admits it "gives me pause" to have his craft, honed over decades, equated with a newfound hobby. He readily applauds one debut actor, however: Thomas Henry Brooks Jr., 66, who plays a handful of the 162 characters, most notably a pawnbroker with a steely manner and a Satchmo Armstrong voice. Says Brooks: "I strongly believed that an old man on crutches with no teeth wouldn't get cast. When they called me back, I thought it was just keeping up appearances." Brooks is a natural, with a commanding presence and instant believability. He is enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting a Rap on Scrooge | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

Bosco gives too much credit to Mansfield and not enough to the students. The reason for the nearly uniform pro-Sullivan response was that Mansfield was unable to articulate his ideas in a cogent manner. I talked to Mansfield after the debate and he did indeed give better arguments than he had previously, but (perhaps due to what he called "stage fright") those arguments were not expressed during the debate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mansfield Lost the `Justice' Debate on Points | 12/18/1993 | See Source »

Anger said the reform coalition's goal is tochange the Undergraduate Council in the mostpeaceful manner possible, but maintained that hergroup's autonomy is essential to that...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Student Leaders Meet, Discuss Council Reform | 12/17/1993 | See Source »

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