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...scooted across burning coals, eaten red-hot chili peppers, swallowed industrial alcohol. He has bounced down a hill inside a giant beach ball and leaped from a mountaintop onto a passing hot-air balloon. As weapons he has used bicycles, rickshas, chairs, plates, a hat rack, a ketchup dispenser, overhead fans and Chinese folding fans. Bad guys have depantsed him, strapped a ton of tnt to his body, doused and scalded him, set him afire, dumped him down a well, hanged him naked in the town square. There's a truly masochistic resilience at work here: Jackie takes a licking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JACKIE CAN! | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

...sent a telegram to Russian President Boris Yeltsin from a bomb shelter underneath the presidential palace in Grozny, stating he wants to start negotiations. But there was no indication from Russian or Chechen officials that the Chechen demand that all Russian troops leave before talks open would be embraced. Overhead, air strikes continued to pound the devastated city and Moscow did not publicly respond to his overture. Earlier today, the Russian defense minister said that his forces would "advance deep into the town with a view to confiscating weapons and eradicating gangs." Meanwhile, the Chechnya offensive seems to be finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNDER-THE-GUN CHECHNYA READY TO TALK PEACE | 12/29/1994 | See Source »

Most of the larger sessions had the same atmosphere. Students mingled over cheese trays, watched overhead presentations, and asked questions about the company of the moment...

Author: By Deborah Yeh, | Title: A Mad Night Of Writing Resumes | 12/17/1994 | See Source »

...anger came ugliness. There were those like Richardson who advocated "stringing her up right in the middle of the courthouse." Worried about Smith's safety, SWAT team members staked out the courthouse roof, scanning the crowd below as helicopters circled overhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death and Deceit | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...profits result from the company's low overhead and small bureaucracy, Schmidt said...

Author: By Christopher Ortega, | Title: Schmidt Defends Ed. Project | 9/22/1994 | See Source »

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