Word: men
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could have told us easily, Pol Pot, died in 1998. The world's reaction to Cambodia is appalling. We need to dig deep into this, investigate it, find out why. It will be a black stain on the entire human race if we allow a man to slaughter uncounted men, women and children, literally setting the development of a country back centuries, and find no reason for it. All the world shares in that blame, America more than most. JESSE PAUL NELSON Tucson, Ariz...
...identification came as no surprise to Michigan authorities: they had arrested Reding with Kevorkian when the two men allegedly dropped off a body at a Detroit hospital. Reding was found innocent of charges stemming from the incident. He had also been suspected in three previous assisted-suicide cases in Michigan but not prosecuted. He now faces first-degree murder charges in New Mexico. CHARLIE BROWN, the deputy district attorney of Sandoval County, says he isn't interested in debate about assisted suicide, which is against the law in New Mexico. "I'm just trying to keep it a simple murder...
...LIFE SPLITS Men and women who divorce in middle age go their separate ways in more ways than one. According to a recent study, women become more assertive, gregarious and optimistic, while men get demoralized and depressed. Study co-author Paul Costa cautions that more research is needed to explain why. Who divorced whom and who gets what may be factors, says Costa, but the phenomenon may be unique to this generation of first-wave baby boomers...
Biography is not a certain indicator of presidential excellence. Some men of great accomplishment, like General Douglas MacArthur, would have made terrible Presidents. Others who showed little promise before winning the White House--Abraham Lincoln was a mere one-term Congressman and failed Senate candidate--blossomed into greatness once they got there. One exception is Teddy Roosevelt, who took San Juan Hill before taking the White House. T.R., not surprisingly, is one of McCain's heroes...
...polish their image. Each week, it seems, there are new reports of everything from brutality to deficient officer training. Of late, though, the cops are showing a softer side. Even the Chicago Tribune, which had published a series of negative reports about the department, last week featured the men and women in blue waxing poetic about the beat under soft light at a South Side precinct...