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...Rabin was a special symbol for us," Israeli author David Grossman told TIME's Sam Allis. "He was our mythological Sabra. He symbolized a certain uniqueness in the Israeli people. This was murdered today. He was very simple, very straight-forward. His Hebrew was rough. He was a man of action, not of words. That was his charm in the eyes of Israel. He expressed exactly what he thought." Grossman predicted in September that there would be bloodshed between the Israeli government and right-wing extremists, Allis recalls, citing the Israelis who called Rabin "murderer" and "a traitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "OUR MYTHOLOGICAL SABRA" | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

...Rabin was a special symbol for us," Israeli author David Grossman told TIME's Sam Allis. "He was our mythological Sabra. He symbolized a certain uniqueness in the Israeli people. This was murdered today. He was very simple, very straight-forward. His Hebrew was rough. He was a man of action, not of words. That was his charm in the eyes of Israel. He expressed exactly what he thought." Grossman predicted in September that there would be bloodshed between the Israeli government and right-wing extremists, Allis recalls, citing the Israelis who called Rabin "murderer" and "a traitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "OUR MYTHOLOGICAL SABRA" | 11/4/1995 | See Source »

...lesbian history like Marguerite Yourcenar and Michel Foucault or present excerpts from important and representative texts about the gay experience of the period. The first time Miller mentions an important figure, his or her name is highlighted with bold type. This familiar form makes the book incredibly accessible and straight-forward...

Author: By Theodore K. Gideonse, | Title: Out and About | 4/14/1995 | See Source »

Souljah's prose is simple and straight-forward, deceptively so. Her staunch and unchanging opinions, particularly regarding her singular and romanticized vision of race, read like the ghetto girl's "perfume" and "fake smiles." The book's most severe limitation is that it admits no evolution of thought, and never confesses to any wrong answers...

Author: By G. ALISHA Davis, | Title: 'Respect' Due to Sister Baring Her Soul | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

...friendly," says Lamont research librarian Amy M. Kautzman. "For people who don't like to figure out Library of Congress versus Old Widener [cataloguing systems], we're pretty straight-forward...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Bibliophobia | 2/18/1995 | See Source »

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