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...unflappably suave, says, "Speaking the truth is a privilege of young boys; it is one, however, that men must regrettably relinquish," raising his glass knowingly to the other men at the table. Lying, suggests Apt Pupil, is a sign of maturity, as is, it would seem, cruelty and slaughter...

Author: By John T. Meier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nazis Lurk in Stephen King's Suburbs | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...worth asking these things in the face of the approaching winter in Kosovo: the genocidal impulses that led the Hutu to slaughter 1 million Tutsi (give or take) in 1994 are (allowing for a few regional differences, such as machetes and skin color) identical to the tribal bloodlusts at work in the Balkans. Eerily the same: the neighbors who suddenly turn a killing fury upon neighbors, the roving bands fueled round the clock on alcohol, the strange, dull light in the murderers' eyes, the sudden civic duty to exterminate the Other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rwandan Tragedy, Lewinsky Farce | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...they wouldn't let me on the radio [or] on MTV." She says most of what she hears on the radio is "crap." "It's all about Wall Street now. And the record is just a poker chip. And these, you know, artists are going willingly into the slaughter." There are, however, a few things she likes. "Most of my favorite artists are black," says Mitchell, who admires James Brown, Etta James and Duke Ellington. "All modern music is black." She also has nothing but praise for Janet Jackson's song Got 'Til It's Gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Joni Mitchell: Burning Bright | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...ways corresponding to how nasty they have been. There, the plot: now you don't have to see it. Maybe, you say, "Given that its is a horror film, I really would like to see a bit of mild violence and creative forms of slaughter." I'll tell you. There's a drive-by hanging, an in-bed strangulation, an over-the-radio death chase. Now you don't need to see this. Or do you? Phua...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...Marcovaldis, who had studied oceanography together at Brazil's University of Rio Grande, resolved to stop the slaughter. With government funding, they enlisted a growing army of Brazilians to guard the sea turtles and their nests. Today 400 employees at 21 stations patrol 620 miles of coastline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guy And Neca Marcovaldi: The Best Friends a Brazilian Turtle Could Have | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

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