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...notice race on the first few dates," saysNg. "I try to ruin the possibility of arelationship with a Caucasian man because myparents wouldn't approve, but it doesn't alwayswork...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Valentines And Veritas: Love Is Colorblind | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...meeting John Paul II, but not until the conditions were "guaranteed" for it to be a "fruitful meeting." He did, however, modulate the government's relations with the church from confrontation and hostility to the exploration of mutual interest. Neither Fidel nor the Pope suspected then how close to ruin the Soviet edifice was, and Cuba's leader was more concerned with how to manage the influence of liberation theology: while he supported its radical preachings in the rest of Latin America, he saw those same ideas as a threat to his power at home, a church-led attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash Of Faiths | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

Phyllis tried to keep the matter quiet and even delayed serving Michael with the legal complaint so that it wouldn't ruin his Christmas. But the Newark Star-Ledger ran big with the anti-Oedipal tale last week. Talk-radio hosts and their audiences trashed Michael so relentlessly that a moist-eyed Phyllis called a press conference, at once begging the media to back off her boy and declaring she had no plans to back off the lawsuit. Explains her lawyer, Gary Blaustein: "Your mother loves you even if you are a murderer." Michael, who works for an electronics company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sorry, Ma | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

...happy--would help save humankind. Her father and mother had failed miserably at family. She did not intend to. But she stumbled into the very nightmare she sought to avoid and became the spectacular mirror for other people's disappointments: the most splendid of cautionary tales. In the monumental ruin of Diana's life, people saw the limits of their own aspirations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OTHERS WHO SHAPED 1997: PRINCESS DIANA | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

Playing games can be fun and even good for you, but it can also ruin your grade point average, increase your chances of repetitive strain injury and make you numb to senseless violence. Set some limits and remember that your parents did not send you here to see how many times you could blast your roommate with a rocket launcher or win Solitaire...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: New Year's Tips From TechTalk | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

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