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While an undergraduate at Brown (class of 1992), I participated in a "Take Back the Night" march at the suggestion of friends and felt acutely uncomfortable for the duration: it was clear that I was not of the rallying ilk and found no refuge in a raised fit or a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bowdren's Solution Is Compassion | 4/23/1994 | See Source »

More than sympathy, of course, the party symbolizes stability to an unsettled society. "The P.R.I. will be stronger," says Delal Baer, a specialist on Mexico at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "In times of trouble, people seek refuge in what they know. They will turn to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Days Of Trauma and Fear | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

All too soon, dreams may be the only place where tigers roam freely. Already the Nagarahole tigress is not free. If she hunts during the day, she may run into a carload of tourists, cameras clicking. At night, it may be poachers, guns blazing. Once the rulers of their forest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENVIRONMENT: Tigers on the Brink | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

Most Angelenos went back to their jobs soon after the quake, possibly finding some of that refuge there, but employers discovered a phenomenon they call "on-the-job absenteeism." Workers take interminable breaks, have difficulty concentrating and generally show low productivity. "The reality is that many people are going to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Stubborn Case of the Shakes | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

Filene's Basement, for the uninitiated, is literally in the basement of a Filene's. Filled with endless racks of cloths (ties, socks, underwear, suits, scarves, hats, shoes, pants...the list never ends), the Basement is a refuge for clothes that were overstocked in Filene's proper. All clothes in...

Author: By Eleni N. Gage, | Title: A Personal Voyage to Filene's Basement | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

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