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...mostly silent, Israel has subjected all Palestinian towns to the harshest chokehold since the current intifada began last October - a collective punishment which may make it more difficult for Arafat to sell his cease-fire to his own constituents. Indeed, an opinion poll published Monday found that in a random sample of some 700 West Bank and Gaza Palestinians, a full 76 percent supported suicide bombings against Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mideast Cease-fire May Depend on the U.S. | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...hard. Over the next six months, it came to me that we were living in a different America. The country seemed to be on the verge of a national nervous breakdown. And nobody was writing about it. Not then. But I saw it taking place in random acts of violence and the almost casual breaking down of recognized patterns of authority--political, religious, educational...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point: A Matter of Medium | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...elusive. On Imitation of Life he croons, "Charades, pop skill/water hyacinth, named by a poet." On Chorus and the Ring, he sings, "It's the poison that in measures brings illuminating vision/It's the knowing with a wink that we expect in Southern women." His lyrics may appear random, but they can aim for Proustian resonance. A line on Imitation--"That's cinnamon that's Hollywood"--is meant to conjure memories of eating cinnamon toast in childhood and feelings of innocence lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: REM | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...feeling of utter futility consumed me. Nonetheless, what would I say? “Why do you feel the need to chug white wine?” What could I have done? What would you have done? Social convention does not enthusiastically condone the random intervention that this would require. Do I have the right to intervene? If I feel as if she is abusing herself, I imagine that I have an obligation to speak up. Does it make a difference that we are strangers...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: Art and Alcohol | 5/18/2001 | See Source »

...ecstatic pleasure and migraine-like pain. At its brilliant best, RJP sounds like the radio station you always wished you owned. At the click of the play button your entire library continuously and melodiously blends into itself with nary a second of dead air, songs cohabiting completely at random yet sparkling with synchronicity. I've tried Music Match and all those other jukeboxes; nobody does it better than Real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Music May Be Slipping Away | 5/9/2001 | See Source »

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