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Donald cites many examples of Lincoln's reliance on humor to get a point across and to diffuse a difficult or awkward situation. Donald describes how Lincoln used an anecdote to convey his wish that Jefferson Davis and other high-ranking leaders of the Confederacy be allowed to flee the...

Author: By Brooke A. Rogers, | Title: Digging Up the Details of Lincoln's Life | 11/2/1995 | See Source »

By refusing to pay its debt to the U.N., the U.S. is abandoning its pledge to international peace. The U.N. has in its 50 years fed and sheltered millions of refugees and eradicated smallpox from the world. Although the U.N. seems to be ineffective, it is as effective as possible...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Birthday Gift For the U.N. | 10/31/1995 | See Source »

Such sentiments should no doubt give the Administration pause, but it seems to feel that its only choice is to follow through. When asked to offer justification for American participation in I-FOR, officials argued that a renewed Balkan war could swiftly spread to Albania and Macedonia, thereby threatening to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME TO KEEP THE PROMISE | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

Strike It Rich was arguably the creepiest nonpublic-access program in TV history. A quiz show, it featured contestants who were chosen for their desperate need of money: families who were about to lose their homes, the unemployed, the crippled, people with sick parents (this was before Medicare even existed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE REAL GOLDEN AGE IS NOW | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

Hundreds of thousands of black men heeded Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's call to go to Washington and join in the Million Man March. Participants said they had come to the spirited and celebratory rally in front of the Capitol to condemn racism, declare their own personal sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: OCTOBER 15-21 | 10/30/1995 | See Source »

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