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Much as I like keeping up with the state of affairs in Russia, I think we've seen enough of Vladimir Zhirinovsky in his underwear ((CHRONICLES, Feb. 28)). I realize TIME is trying to portray him as a buffoon, but he is a threat to world peace and should be treated more seriously...
Although the house is becoming more diverse, he said, the shirts portray a public image that does not reflect that diversity...
Almost every night, news reports show Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers, helping to portray the Palestinians either as terrorists or anarchists. But the media never shows the reason why Palestinian teenagers go out on the streets and risk being shot--not something the average person would...
...have been alternating bluster with hints of cooperation to leave open -- probably up to the expiration of the ultimatum -- whether they will provoke air strikes or not. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic makes the absurd claim that the Muslims faked the whole market carnage, using mannequins, professional actors to portray the wounded and old corpses provided by obliging Croat forces, who would have had to smuggle them into Sarajevo through Serb lines. Jovan Zametica, spokesman for the self-described Bosnian Serb government, remarks, "If NATO aircraft attack, we'll take them out." Drunken Serb soldiers on a hillside south...
Some soloists, like Spalding Gray or Claudia Shear, play themselves. Some, like Irene Worth impersonating Edith Wharton, re-create celebrities past or ) present. Some, like Sherry Glaser or John Leguizamo, portray a whole family and achieve miracles of transformation...