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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...examines each of their approaches in two rather lengthy chapters. She critiques them on the level of their effects on victims and survivors as well a on a national and societal level. How does each of these approaches help the victims? Does it offer some kind of satisfaction or return something of the dignity that has been taken? What kind of range do these approaches have--how many people are actually affected by them? Does either of these methods work well towards reconstruction and societal reconciliation? Are trials simply the "spoils of war" of the victor, or do they really...

Author: By Jerome L. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Between Getting Even And Getting Human | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...wearing slippers and heather-grey leggings while blinking into the snowflakes. Better synthetic picks include The Manaheim Steamroller Christmas Album, and A Fresh Aire Christmas-from the guys who invented New Age and are the wellspring of all Christmas muzak. Polyester blends are out, though, and we recommend a return to your roots with John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together. Beats Windham Hill...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, | Title: CHRISTMAS BONANZA | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...ceremony was short, subdued, and without ostentation. Only afterward, in the church's reception room, did the voices return to normal. Wine, homemade pastries, and sweets were served." It is in this simple way that Aharon Appelfeld's The Conversion opens, and the novel to come will be as short, subdued and without ostentation as the beginning three lines. In the midst of this deceptively unadorned prose, however, lurks the seed of an almost unimagineably horrible tale, which Appelfeld manages to recount in completely nonjudgmental strokes. Ultimately, it's clear why Appelfeld has been called a "worthy successor to Kafka...

Author: By Irene J. Hahn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: I'm Changing My Religion | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...goes on," says Love. "People are getting sick of the issue -- a majority of Chileans believe Pinochet is guilty, but they are also telling pollsters that the issue doesn't affect them." The one thing that could disrupt the onset of calm, of course, would be the general's return home. That would force Chileans to decide his fate themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Live Without Pinochet | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

...spokesperson Mike Chmura said due to healthreasons, Fried did not ask to return to afull-time post...

Author: By Nicole A. Lopez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fried Returns To HLS Faculty | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

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