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...says, "could belong to one of your own." The summer he turned ten, Chuckie came upon three teenagers in ski masks hijacking a plumber's van. He impulsively flung himself into the back of the truck; after the hijackers crashed the van and set it on fire, Chuckie helped pour gasoline on the wreck to make it burn faster. He was operating in strict accordance with I.R.A. guidelines, but his smile betrays his outrageous good fortune. "They let ya burn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Death After School | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

...activists of the J.K.L.F. who blow up banks and government offices and kill soldiers and civil servants work for the Front's deputy commander, Sheik Hamid, who moves easily through Srinagar. If patrolling soldiers come too close, people in the neighborhood pour into the alleys to shout pro- independence slogans, giving Hamid time to escape. How long will the struggle for secession take? Hamid does not know, but he is pleased with the progress so far. "Our biggest success has been to present the problem to the world," Hamid says. That he has certainly done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conflicts Taking the Road to War? | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...homework in an hour or so before class. Bush is so exquisitely considerate that at meals, without breaking conversation, he will shift his water glass to give the waiter more room as he arrives with the soup. When Sununu receives guests in his White House office, he will pour himself a cup of coffee (he drinks only decaf, which everyone agrees is a good thing) and grab a handful of M&M's without offering anything to anyone else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Bad John Sununu | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

After my prolonged studyfests, when all I want is someone to pour me some hot chocolate and disassemble my organic chemistry molecules, my friends treat me like a returning Vietnam veteran. It's as if they actually have problems of their...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Bad Case of MCAT Syndrome | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

...pollution. His annual State of the World report has sold out -- 100,000 copies -- and the presses are being readied for a new run. There are scoffers, principally in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who say we can release millions of acres of cropland from the soil banks, pour on the fertilizer and meet any food demand. But Brown, with his soft voice and his inevitable bow tie, holds firm. Grain stocks are low; air pollution has reduced U.S. crop production 5% or 10%. Major weather aberrations around the globe could easily produce food scarcities and political unrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Issue That Won't Wash Away | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

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