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...thirst for blood. "They killed my husband and son," says a tearful Bosnian refugee. "They burned our home. But they can never rest easy, because one day we will do the same to them, or worse. My children will get their revenge, or their children." No one anywhere can pretend any longer not to know what barbarity has engulfed the people of the former Yugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atrocity And Outrage | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

This defense is self-contradictory. Frankie and Johnny does not pretend to have a political "message" that must be "heeded." If Cop Killer has a message, it is that the murder of policemen is a justified response to police brutality. And not in self-defense, but in premeditated acts of revenge against random cops. ("I know your family's grievin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice T: Is the Issue Social Responsibility . . . | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...third-party candidate. In fact, he is nothing of the sort. Unlike the classic third-party candidates -- say, Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace, who in 1948 formed right- and left- wing offshoots of a real political party (the Democrats) -- Perot represents no party. He does not even pretend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ross Perot and the Call-In Presidency | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

...continued dodging niches and commitment by leaving CityStep after my sophomore year. you can only pretend to be a danceteacher for so long, and I figured I should do more with all those comps I had finsihed during my first year...

Author: By Jason M. Solomon, | Title: Forget Finding the Niche; Be king of The Comp | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

Some students try to pretend Harvard is just like every other college by calling the entryways "vertical hallways." This is deceptive logic, though, since climbing stairs to the fifth floor of Matthews is significantly tougher than gliding effortlessly down a normal dorm hall...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John F. Kennedy Slept Here | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

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