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...must confess to being quite ignorant of Rascoff's reading of Jewish history. I seem unable to recall any of my history teachers in Israel proposing such a positive reading of anti-Semitism. Luckily, Israelis deny the kind of perverse logic that Rascoff offers. Most Israelis possess a healthy sense of their own identity and a firm enough grasp of the complexities of Israeli reality to avoid premature declarations of failure whenever the image they see in the mirror is not the loveliest of them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rascoff Proposes Odd Solutions | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

...part, this may not have been the shrewdest tactic for her to pursue either, since Simpson is suspected to kill those whom he can no longer possess. Of course, even if he did kill her, the bloody golf glove probably wouldn't fit him, and he'd be back out on the green in no time...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: O.J.'s Halcyon Days | 11/7/1995 | See Source »

...complicated," he says. "Voters are called upon to possess a lot of information on the candidates and to rank them...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Tallying the Votes in a Cambridge City Election Is No Small Task | 11/7/1995 | See Source »

Thurber's pictures also possess a fascination with vivid colors and dramatic lighting, a trait that she shares with Philip-Lorca diCorcia. "Pl.," as his friends call him, combines the retirement of Armstrong with Thurber's sensitivity to the nuances of light and color...

Author: By Roland Tan, | Title: Tracing Boston's Gay Artist Culture | 11/2/1995 | See Source »

...desperately for what they believe to be "their" homeland, and for freedom from perceived domination by the other side. Sadly, clashes of this nature seem to be increasingly common. The Serbs are especially apprehensive because they know the Muslims of the Balkans, along with those of the wider world, possess the most effective weapon of all in such conflicts--the demographic weapon. Look for the name Kosovo in the news in the future. LLOYD JUDD Oxley, Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 16, 1995 | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

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