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...response to an enemy attack. At the Voroshilov General Staff Academy in Moscow, where senior officers play war games on huge maps, an instructor stressed that for the past two years, the scenarios have $ always begun with the other side shooting first. Neither host nor guest was so rude as to make the obvious point that in almost all cases, the "other side" could only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: A Yankee in Gorbachev's Court | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...settle for being a Murphy manque. Sure, he markets himself cannily, as a performer in Air Jordan commercials, and with books and The Making of . . . spinoffs of his own movies. But Lee will not be ingratiating; he wants to be accepted on his own rude terms. Same goes for Do the Right Thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hot Time in Bed-Stuy Tonight | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

MODERN MANNERS: AN ETIQUETTE BOOK FOR RUDE PEOPLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sacred Cows As Hamburger | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

Evan's conduct at this year's council meetings ranged from the passionate to the quirky and humorous. He was equally at home walking out of a meeting to protest the rude conduct of council spectators as he was delivering a light-hearted address mocking the speeches of freshpeople running for council office...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: All Politics Is Personal | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...answers. My action was cheap, rude and unprovoked. I had no real criticism of Bok; it was merely a drunken attack upon authority. I resolved to give Bok a chance...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: The Essence of Derek Bok | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

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