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...shall try our best to refrain from repugnant punning...

Author: By Elg &byhy, | Title: from the editors | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...defendant's ``private side.'' Simpson, he argued, was obsessed with Nicole, obsessed with control and jealous to the point of violence. ``If he couldn't have her, he didn't want anybody else to have her,'' Darden said. Simpson, who had been warned by his lawyers to refrain from his customary eye-rolling and grimacing, observed the proceedings impassively, occasionally scribbling notes or shaking his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL: DID HE OR DIDN'T HE? | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...Israeli government officials are taking up the political refrain of ``separation.'' For months Rabin has pushed the idea that Israel and the Palestinians should live side by side but isolated from each other, and now he is trying to devise a way to do it. Some Cabinet members spoke of erecting a physical fence to keep Palestinians out of the country. It is an unwieldy and simplistic idea: any effort to decide on the positioning of such a structure would inevitably be seen as an attempt to determine the final border between Israel and the Palestinian entity that is supposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAN PEACE SURVIVE? | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

...common refrain of words like "energy," "integrity" and "dedication" emerges from both Coffey's supporters and opponents when they describe the candidate...

Author: By Claire P. Prestel, | Title: Coffey Says He's the 'Straight Shooter' | 2/4/1995 | See Source »

...final rent schedule will be issued in mid-February, although HRE will maintain its promise to refrain from sending notices of rent increases prior to July...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Rent Rates Announced | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

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