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Anxious onlookers were eager to conclude that the threat of war had been spiked and the tense dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program was safely back on the diplomatic track. It is too soon to reach that conclusion, and it could be mistaken. The White House quickly denied it was shutting down its sanctions campaign and asked for clarifications from North Korea. The world's hopes for a peaceful settlement are certain to rise and fall in the coming weeks as the U.S. tries to discern whether Kim is ready for serious negotiations this time or simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Need of Good Faith | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

History's battered image as something of a lesser social science is also due to a mistaken notion that "anyone can do it," More than any other area of study, history seems like the same sort of thing we all did in high school. (English is a close second, but find me a high school sophomore who knows what "deconstructionist" means), As a biology concentrator and former roommate once said to me, "Gosh, Lori, I don't see why you're so bad at remembering facts. After all, you're the history major...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Confessions of a Group III History Concentrator | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Wasinger himself would never be mistaken for a member of any Nixonian silent majority...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll | Title: In-Your-Face and On the Right | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Fini joined politicians in condemning skinhead violence. He said the - marchers in Vicenza should be "put in coal mines so they can break rocks with their heads." When told that his National Alliance colleague Buontempo thought highly of the demonstrators, Fini simply said, "Buontempo is mistaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: D-DAY: Fascism | 6/6/1994 | See Source »

Despite this evidence of "normality," Folk andMyth is unlikely to be mistaken for the Governmentdepartment anytime soon...

Author: By Christine M. Griffin, | Title: Folk and Myth: Beyond Witches & Ouijas | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

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