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...pages of the novel are sprinkled with diagrams, floor plans of the heart and even a picture of a can of Campbell's soup-which reflect, in their way, the games and strategies we practice in love. "I love you," De Botton realizes, can be a question, a prompt or an opening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A FLOOR PLAN OF THE HEART | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

...service of this negotiated division, large economic sticks should be brandished. Right now, despite sanctions, the Serbs import whatever they need. Failure by both Belgrade and the Bosnian Serbs to ratify an equitable land split should prompt an end to all international air traffic and the sinking of ships carrying forbidden cargo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A SOLUTION IN THREE PARTS | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

...guardian of Peninsula, a conservative campus magazine. Instead, Campbell, who spent three years rowing crew, jokes about his growing waistline. The NRA cap? He likes to shock Harvard liberals with the cap and by "whistling `Dixie' in the Yard." And when he meets someone open-minded, the cap can prompt a conversation that bridges ideological divides...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Shooting To the Right | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

Nero and a number of other PBHA staffers wereinvolved in a series of accidents whichjeopardized the association's insurance policy.According to then PBHA President John B. king'96-'95, Harvard would not renew insurancecoverage of the approximately 18 vans PBHA rentsduring the summer without prompt action by theassociation's board...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Two Visions of Public Service Program Clash | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

That is more than will come from bullyragging by Congress. In fact, if its actions prompt an increasingly confrontational tone, an already suspicious Beijing might be convinced that the U.S.'s real aim is not cooperation but, as in days past, containment-a situation in which, as Levin puts it, the "two countries could come to see each other as enemies." In short, a vision that might become a self-fulfilling prophecy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULLS IN THE CHINA SHOP | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

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