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...moment, opponents of the amendment, like port-addicted Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd, can defend their tenuous position only by offering silly one-liners ("It's a quack pill") and obscure metaphors ("It's as poisonous as the poison that Hannibal carried in his ring or Demosthenes carried in his pen"). That is certainly interesting language, but it does not constitute a valid argument against such a necessary bipartisan measure of fiscal discipline...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Legislating Responsibility | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...civilian President. The next year, ousted Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, who had turned increasingly to the Soviet Union for support, was assassinated in an operation that benefited both Mobutu and the CIA. "I received instructions to see that Lumumba was removed from the world," recalls Devlin. "I received poison toothpaste, among other devices, but never used them." Mobutu seized control for good in a second coup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leaving Fire in His Wake: MOBUTU SESE SEKO | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...know someone, though, who plans to poison the entire ice cream bucket hoping that her target will eat from it," he said...

Author: By Gaston DE Los reyes, | Title: 'Assassins' Game Spices Up Quincy Atmosphere | 2/19/1993 | See Source »

...game assigns each player a target to "kill" with special flaming orange rubber dart guns, or with "poison" administered through a sticker at the bottom of the victim's plate in the dining hall...

Author: By Gaston DE Los reyes, | Title: 'Assassins' Game Spices Up Quincy Atmosphere | 2/19/1993 | See Source »

...became clear to NBC that its only chance of keeping Letterman was to dump Leno as Tonight host and give Letterman the job -- something NBC executives had publicly ruled out. What's more, a "poison pill" in Letterman's CBS contract made the 11:30 time period a virtual sine qua non of any deal. The CBS contract promised Letterman a $50 million penalty payment if his show was not aired at 11:30. Since NBC, to keep Letterman, was required to match CBS's monetary deal, it would have had to include the same penalty payment -- effectively forcing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dave Makes The Deal... ...Jay Stays Put | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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