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...move very fast. His psycho-babble seems off-putting at first his lucid, outrageously original ideas surface from all of the verbage. This technique, combined with the Johnny's vagabond lifestyle, allows Leigh to put Johnny in unexpected yet realistic situations. For instance, a security guard wants Johnny to quit loitering in front of the empty building he protects. When the guard opens the door, Johnny embarks on a diatribe about how the security guard is goig to ask him to leave. When the guard remains astutely silent, Johnny continues until the man closes the door and returns...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Leigh Shows the Bitter Truth | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

Failing to follow the law students' path of toning down protest, the protesting undergraduates cling desperately to the era of wasted youth (why yes, that is a double entendre). These pesky protesters just don't know when to quit...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Rebels Without a Cause | 3/9/1994 | See Source »

...didn't look good, but we didn't quit," Tomassoni said. "As long as you've got one second left on the clock, you've still got a shot...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 'Holy Comeback' for Icemen | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...assassin in New York City, Goldstein's anger appeared to deepen. In remarks at the dedication of a new Torah scroll at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, he vowed that someday a Jew would rise up and kill many Arabs in revenge for Kahane's death. Last fall Goldstein quit the Kiryat Arba council. Some neighbors say it was because the council had rejected his demand to bar new immigrants to Israel, many of them from Russia, from moving to Kiryat Arba. He felt they were not sufficiently devout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Murderous Fanatic | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

Provost Green should stand his ground. He should not name union activists to a task force whose findings don't directly concern them. He should insist that, if the union wants to have any input, it should quit whining and join one of the same advisory committees every other interested constituency on campus has joined...

Author: By David B. Lat, | Title: Provost Green Should Stand His Ground | 3/4/1994 | See Source »

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