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...world judges them so harshly. They will have nothing to do with the peace plan others are trying to impose on them. To sign it would be treachery, Serbs destroying Serbs. "We can never accept the plan under any circumstances," says a fighter as he listens to sniper fire rip across the valley. It was the chance to right the wrongs of 600 years of defeat and betrayal that led these men to make war on their neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Serbian Lines | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

...action that would keep emissions below 1990 levels well beyond the year 2000. That could be the real test of the President's commitment. "Is he going to keep the downward trend going?" asks Oppenheimer. "Or is he going to tweak emissions for seven years and then let them rip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Just Hot Air | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...going to war in the Balkans. Maybe not this month, maybe not this year, but soon enough we will be fighting there. Like the Vietnam conflict it so closely resembles, this war will sap our nation's energy and divert our attention from our domestic problems. It may rip...

Author: By Jacques E.C. Hymans, | Title: Clinton's Fatal Balkan Trap | 4/26/1993 | See Source »

However, Wasinger denied that AALARM members removed BGLSA or other gay rights signs. "Unlike some members of the BGLSA, AALARM whole-heartedly embraces the first amendment and we would never rip down their posters or any other posters...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, | Title: AALARM Posters Create Stir | 4/17/1993 | See Source »

...Chicago advertising executive until he was laid off in 1989. Now he temps for $10 an hour in a community job-training program. Says the 56-year-old Joseph: "I was used to working in the corporate environment and giving my total loyalty to the company. I feel like Rip van Winkle. You wake up and the world is all changed. The message from industry is, 'We don't want your loyalty. We want your work.' What happened to the dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disposable Workers | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

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