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...wonder that wild rumors fly among Soviet citizens. What is perhaps surprising -- and the surest indicator of growing gloom -- is that the rumors have centered on a coup by the traditionally docile military, and that these rumors tend to grow with every strong denial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union No Shortage of Rumors | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...estimation, to sufficiently uphold these political ends--regardless of the appointee's scholarly qualifications. If it came to a standoff between the Senate and the President, the voters would eventually be called upon to break the dead-lock by voting one or the other out of office--the surest guarantee that the Supreme Court will reflect the political values of the citizenry...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The Rights Worth Fighting For | 9/26/1990 | See Source »

...Betsy, in bed beside his wife, played by the hilarious Madeline Kahn. He is having a nightmare, and wakes clutching her in fear. Hopper's frequent flights of fancy are whimsically depicted in the film, and Alda is a master of whimsy. But Alda's comic touch is surest when Hopper's line between fact and fantasy blurs...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Betsy's Family Provides Simple Fun | 7/20/1990 | See Source »

Once upon a time, the surest way for a Western journalist to end an interview with a Soviet official was to ask about factionalism in the Kremlin, shortages in the stores or rumors of unrest somewhere in the south. The official's face, hardly radiant to begin with, would become a mask of reproof that emitted, like a recorded announcement, a curt lecture on the inadmissibility of slander against the U.S.S.R. and interference in its internal affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Case of May Day Blues | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

...yourself in a house dining hall for your complementary lunch. Don't shy away from institutional food; it usually doesn't bite back. And whatever you do, don't shirk your culinary duty by taking your son or daughter to a fancy restaraunt in the Square. This is the surest way to maintain a blissful oblivion concerning the squalor of college eating. Your children are what they eat, and as a parent, you have a right to know what they're becoming...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: An Enlightening Weekend | 3/3/1990 | See Source »

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