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Sullivan's ascension was something of a surprise. Peretz announced one day nearly a year ago that Sullivan was the new deputy to Hertzberg. His sudden rise -- as well as his penchant for stories on such subjects as the ins and outs of black conservatism -- seemed to mark the culmination of Peretz's own political evolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Flagship Heels to Starboard | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

Early on, Pierce's penchant for interdisciplinary studies took her beyond the world of butterflies into the world of ants--with none other than Harvard's Baird Professor of Science E.O. Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning entymologist known affectionately...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Much More Than Just a Fleeting Interest | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Early on, Pierce's penchant for interdisciplinary studies took her beyond the world of butterflies into the world of ants--with none other than Harvard's Baird Professor of Science E.O. Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning entymologist known affectionately...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Much More Than Just a Fleeting Interest | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...deny the growing American penchant for ludicrous lawsuits, but the issue that arouses Quayle is far narrower: product liability suits against major corporations, on whose not-so-hidden behalf Quayle was speaking. David Leebron, a professor at Columbia Law School, acknowledges that the number of cases has soared in a few areas, such as damages from asbestos. "These are primarily what make it look like litigation has exploded," he contends. The significance of the class-action lawsuits, he contends, is that they have "increased the numbers and kinds of plaintiffs who can bring their claims to court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do We Have Too Many Lawyers? | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

...Milwaukee chocolate factory, immediately confessed to 11 murders. Police believe he may have actually committed as many as 17 during the past 10 years. Most of the apartment victims were black males, and some were homosexuals. One trait Dahmer seems to share with the fictional Lecter is an apparent penchant for cannibalism: he told police he had saved a human heart "to eat later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Little Flat of Horrors | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

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