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...somewhat delusional-judging from his rambling statement to police after his arrest in December. But Salvi's lawyers will go to court in the next month and argue that he is unfit to stand trial. To bolster the argument, they intend to portray him as a mentally unstable young misfit pushed over the edge by the exhortations of radical antiabortionists. Phone numbers and literature found in Salvi's possession indicate that he knew-or knew of-the militants who believe that killing doctors is justified to save unborn babies. "When someone who is experiencing mental illness is exposed to these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RHETORIC OF TERROR | 3/27/1995 | See Source »

David Byrne is rock's most protean misfit. During the 1980s, when he was the lead singer for Talking Heads, his jittery, paranoid persona was the ideal conduit for songs about psycho killers, information overload and the itchy $ neuroses of ordinary life. Then, on albums such as Remain in Light and Speaking in Tongues, Byrne added African polyrhythms to the Talking Heads' new-wave mix, creating a pancultural groove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Forward into The Past | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

...misfit," says Anderson, now a physics professor at Princeton University. "We didn't have high scholastic requirements for entry, and students came more or less from the patrician classes of the East Coast...

Author: By Chris Terrio, | Title: Class Boasts Three Nobel Winners | 6/7/1994 | See Source »

...novel is like the younger sibling of a child prodigy: its achievements appear smaller than they actually are, and its flaws more serious. Gus Lee's China Boy was as precocious as they come. Based on the author's own childhood, it told of a first-generation Chinese-American misfit named Kai Ting who struggles to grow up in a predominantly black San Francisco neighborhood. The youngster stands up to the ghetto's bullies and his Caucasian stepmother, who imposes a harsh Americanization regimen that bans Chinese language and customs. Out of these fresh and dramatic materials Lee fashioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: From Ghetto To West Point | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...Guerrero Group Theatre presents Tiny Voices, five new short plays written and directed by Jordan Wine, including "The Misfit" which is based on a Flannery O'Conner story. Performances: March 17, 18, 19 at 8 p.m. March 20 at 7 p.m. At the Adams House Pool Theatre. Admission: $5. All money goes toward Project Bosnia to buy urgent medical suuplies. For info call J. Winer...

Author: By Kelly T. Yee, | Title: This Week at Harvard | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

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