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...desperate West Bank parents who have in such large numbers named their newborns "Saddam Hussein" have unwittingly branded a whole new generation of Palestinians with yet another badge of shame, for if there is one thing Israel cannot allow, it is a state of Saddam devotees existing on its doorstep...

Author: By Joseph Enis, | Title: The Only Cure for the Iraq Disease | 9/20/1990 | See Source »

Given how exciting packed football games (and even school spirit) can be, it's a shame that the games are as popular as two-day old Union hummos. As school begins this year, why not make a commitment to change this tradition? Why not turn Harvard into the Penn State of New England...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/14/1990 | See Source »

...protesters waved banners, blew whistles and pointed large cardboard fingers inscribed with with the word "shame." They shouted slogans such as "Gay youth under attack. What do we do? Act up like that" and "Louis Sullivan thanks a bunch! People die while you eat lunch...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Activists Picket Sullivan Speech | 9/12/1990 | See Source »

Given how exciting packed football games (and even school spirit) can be, it's a shame that the games are as popular as two-day old Union hummos. As school begins this year, why not make a commitment to change this tradition? Why not turn Harvard into the Penn State of New England...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Me? Cheer? For Them? | 9/12/1990 | See Source »

...Kitty writes of waiting for Michael to leave in the morning, then breaking out the vodka, unplugging the phone, drawing the blinds and passing out. She drank the dregs from the wineglasses after parties and gulped peanut butter to disguise the smell. Her isolation was matched only by her shame: she had often been held up to the public as a model of a recovered addict. In the final pages, as she describes losing everything, Kitty finds her strongest voice. By the end, she'd win every vote for courage and all hopes for a victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Public Life, Private Trouble | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

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