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...Craig L. Katz '91, one of the tougher questions was a hypothetical one. The interviewer pretended he was former President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, and said he had just suffered a series of small strokes at the Yalta conferences. The interviewer asked Katz to diagnose him, and then make a decision on whether or not to publicize the diagnosis...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Admissions Angst for Future Physicians | 12/12/1990 | See Source »

...tougher person? The person that's afraid to rob a bank because of the repercussions, or the person that believes it's wrong," Roby asked...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Is This a Layup Drill or What? | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

...Shariat law, decided to seek a new interpretation of the law from Islamic scholars. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, a federal minister, announced that the strikers' "misgivings" would be remedied by a "simpler and befitting interpretation" of the law. Nawaz Sharif is learning that imposing Islamic codes is far tougher than campaigning on the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Accidental Justice | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...hallmark of the new, tougher Bush may be that he will begin reaching outside the White House for political advice from the team of savvy, experienced advisers that helped him win in 1988. Despite the respect and gratitude Bush feels for his combative and often insensitive chief of staff, John Sununu, Bush understands he will need the help of others in the politically difficult months ahead. Says one Bush intimate: "He has come to realize that Sununu is no good at message and strategy. Sununu plays to one of the President's worst tendencies, which is to think that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing to Cheer | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...inside track?" Now it's goodbye, Alan Alda; hello, Mel Gibson, with your sensitive eyes and your lethal weapon. Hi there, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the devoted family man with terrific triceps. The new surge of tempered macho is everywhere. Even the male dummies in store windows are getting tougher. Pucci Manikins is producing a more muscular model for the new decade that stands 6 ft. 2 in. instead of 6 ft. and has a 42-in. chest instead of its previous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay What Do Men Really Want? | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

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