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...mines, betting on his reluctance in a presidential election year to confront the U.S. military and limit its use of weapons. "Clinton does not have the standing to challenge the military," Thompson says. "He was wrecked on gays in the military in 1993, and he does not want a repeat of that now." Advocates of a worldwide ban on anti-personnel mines criticized the President for failing to take a stand to eliminate a weapon that kills more than 20,000 people, mostly civilian, every year, often long after a military confrontation has ended. Thousands of people continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Risking it All | 5/16/1996 | See Source »

...University, their words and ideas have been taken by many Americans as gospel. Likewise, Agassiz, Morton and a number of other 19th-century scholars connected to prestigious universities and foundations operating from racist perspectives saturated the public with pseudoscientific proof that African-Americans were inferior. The 1990s is a repeat of the 19th century, where academics define the parameters of discussion and defend the racist thinking of their colleagues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In a Repeat of the 19th Century, Racist Academics and Politicians Are Attempting to Preserve White Supremacy | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

There was also a near-repeat of the second inning as Forst once again batted Ralph in, this time with a double...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Late-Inning Magic Lifts Baseball Past BC | 5/2/1996 | See Source »

MOSCOW: Reports of Chechen leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev's death may be greatly exaggerated. In a repeat of the confusion that reigned last week, when reports that former Chechen leader Jokhar Dudayev had or had not been slain, the Russian press is now issuing conflicting reports of the death of Dudayev's successor. The Russian news agency ITAR-Tass reported Monday that Yandarbiyev was dead, while the news agency Interfax insisted that it was Yardarbiyev's nephew who perished in an attack. There has as yet been no confirmation of Yandarbiyev's death. "One version of the story has Yandarbiyev killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chechnya Rife with Rumors | 4/30/1996 | See Source »

...course, repeat after your mother: " 'Everybody does it' is no excuse." But why is Clinton's "character" such a liability to him, when by any reasonable reckoning his professional and personal failings average out to a level of moral compromise so typical among Presidents and presidential candidates that it almost amounts to a job qualification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EVERYBODY DOES IT | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

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