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...only loyal people I can bond with are the guys across the hall. If you knew them, you'd realize how pathetic and desperate I am. These beer guzzlers swear that they view women only as sex objects and figures of lust. That might explain why their libidinal pursuits are so remarkably unsuccessful...

Author: By Betty Hung, | Title: 'Find A Date? At Harvard?' | 4/28/1990 | See Source »

...international unease and outrage. "We do not need an atomic bomb," Saddam said. "We have the dual chemical. Whoever threatens us with the atomic bomb, we will annihilate him with the dual chemical." Recalling Israel's devastating 1981 air strike against Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, Saddam warned, "I swear to God we will let our fire eat half of Israel if it tries to wage anything against Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Stumbling Toward Armageddon? | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...parliamentarians at the third session of the Congress of People's Deputies rose to their feet, Gorbachev walked from his seat to a small table by a red hammer-and-sickle flag. Placing his right hand on a copy of the Soviet constitution, he intoned, "I solemnly swear to serve faithfully the peoples of our country, to strictly abide by the constitution of the U.S.S.R., to guarantee the rights and freedoms of our citizens and conscientiously fulfill the high duties entrusted to me as President of the Soviet Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Nothing Less Than a Coup | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...just a lure for aging hippies, the centers have attracted everyone from harried executives to anxious teens. The typical cost: $20 for a 45-minute session. While skeptics dismiss the machines as faddish electronic tranquilizers, many users swear by the technology's ability to ease stress. Several companies have brought out home models of stress-reduction units, costing from $99 to $600. Many sets include earphones, dark glasses with tiny bulbs inside and a computerized box that controls light-and-sound sequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Turn On and Tune Out | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

...once when a valentine card was read to her. But doctors say she is oblivious to the environment except for reflexive responses to sound and painful stimuli. "We have literally cried over Nancy's body, and we've never seen anything," says her anguished father Joe Cruzan. "Sometimes you swear she is looking right at you, but then you move three or four steps. She has no awareness of herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Whose Right to Die? | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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