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...radical fanatic. But the 26-year-old mother of two from New York City possesses a will of steel and a boundless faith that she is obeying God's commandment. When she heard Manhattan Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach say it was a Jew's duty to reclaim all the land of biblical Israel, she believed, and she came, not just to the Holy Land but to the very heart of the struggle, to the West Bank city of Hebron. After a year in the confines of the Avraham Avinu quarter, one of six minuscule fortified enclaves inhabited by some 400 Jews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OVER THEIR DEAD BODIES | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...keeping this perfect pair apart? Only Michael's obsession with his heartless ex-girlfriend, Lisa (Erica Mitnick), who haunts his Carnegie Hall fantasies, asking steamy questions like, "Who was the first comic book character to have interdimensional sex?" In real life, she's been paying him weekly visits to reclaim possessions ever since they broke up. She took back all of her own stuff long ago, so she's moved on to his, which Michael happily yields to her so that she'll continue to come back. Erica Mitnick is wonderfully bitchy and shamelessly seductive as Lisa, and Gray...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: Super Heroes, Super Sex | 10/24/1996 | See Source »

There is a time in a child's life when self-disciplined performance--drive, will power, the discipline to perform in the face of adversity--is learned, a necessary developmental stage that is wired into each person. Once missed, it is hard, perhaps impossible to reclaim as are many childhood stages. Only look at a stoned 12-year-old; there are many to be seen. Featuring Trudeau's article is but another license to damage the young. ARTHUR C. HENRY Portland, Oregon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 7, 1996 | 10/7/1996 | See Source »

...Ross Perot did not already have an uphill battle, he chose a bearded vice-presidential nominee. It's been nearly 90 years since America has had a bewhiskered or stubbly-faced Vice President. Indiana Senator Charles Fairbanks served four years as Teddy Roosevelt's Veep. When he attempted to reclaim the office as Charles Evans Hughes' running mate, the two men lost the 1916 election by a whisker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

Although the second game of the season can be easily overlooked, it could provide just the victory the Crimson need to reclaim hopes for an Ivy League title and playoff berth...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: M. Soccer Hoping To Revive Ivy Hopes | 9/21/1996 | See Source »

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