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Their love extended to the basic aspects of growing up, of soothing me after fights with friends and of teaching me to swim, arms wrapped around my stomach. Both my mother and her lover quit smoking to set a better example when I started trying a few puffs...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Alternative Family Values | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

...Celinac municipality gives the Muslim population a "special status" similar to that of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe. All Muslims must observe a 4 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. Muslims are "not allowed to stay in the street, in restaurants and other public places." Muslims are forbidden to swim in the rivers, to fish or hunt, to use or drive motor vehicles, to be in groups of more than three, to use telecommunications facilities except for a post-office telephone, to sell real estate or exchange apartments without a special authorization. The order includes a list of 34 Muslim citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cleansed Wound | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

...They document you to death. You have to document every nail on every roof," says Councilwoman Lombard sourly. "We had 600 miles of ditch to be cleaned. To document it, we had to walk it. Dade's got 200 miles of canals. Rest assured that FEMA will make them swim it to document it." Though Bush promised total reimbursement for storm cleanup efforts, the island city of Key Biscayne is already % squabbling with FEMA about reimbursement for early debris removal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catastrophe 101 | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

...primary last week in Michigan, Vander Jagt was toppled by political neophyte Peter Hoekstra. Local Republicans complained that Vander Jagt had lost touch with his constituents because of his party activities. Said Vander Jagt: "There is a ferocious tide against incumbents running across the country, and I could not swim strongly enough to offset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caught in the Undertow | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

...describes running into a plate glass window and the leg injury that required him to swim for physical therapy. Meanwhile, the sound of breaking glass is heard as the image of his face shatters into jagged, redtipped pieces. This charming trick is repeated not once but twice more as the swimmer and his parents reminisce about his early training...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: NBC's Barcelona Coverage Fails to Inspire | 8/4/1992 | See Source »

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