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...streets, the lost generation alarms many black community leaders as much as it does white government officials. Perhaps half the urban youth eschew political activism, preferring to loaf, play soccer, drink beer and shoot dice. Thousands upon thousands of others are tough political activists. They seem to roam the townships like so many deputy sheriffs, setting down the law of the street and enforcing it with harsh punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Lost Generation | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...rights, Montana cattlemen claim the privilege of grazing their herds on public lands from June through October, while they grow hay for winter feed on their own spreads. Thus is born each year a battle between ranchers, environmentalists and state officials over how to manage the wild animals that roam out of Yellowstone Park, deplete the forage and interfere with the cattle grazing on the surrounding public lands. Last week the battle raged in the courts, as animal- rights activists lost -- at least for now -- a fight to block another season of slaughter of the very symbol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O Give Them a Home | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

...government has lost all control in Mogadishu, and chaos has taken over. Armed mobs, some of them renegade soldiers from President Mohammed Siad Barre's army, roam the city shooting and looting. Troops shouting "Allah Akbar!" (God is great!) invaded the Roman Catholic cathedral, drove the congregation out with tear gas and truncheons, then set fire to the building. An Italian priest who witnessed the attack said many worshipers were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOMALIA: Plunging into Anarchy | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...back of the Bow is their domain. From the newly-installed big screen sports television to the pit which holds three dart boards all the way up to the pole which marks the bar's midway point, the regulars roam...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: From Bikers To Preppies, Bud Hats To Chinos | 12/14/1990 | See Source »

These clinical scientists are now hypothesizing that this simple organic molecule may ward off cancer and heart disease by scooping up charged oxygen atoms, dangerous particles which wreak havoc as they roam through the body's circulatory system...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Researchers Question Power of `Wonder Drug' | 12/6/1990 | See Source »

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