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...delivers a unique twist on the placement ofa five million dollar pricetag on the head ofSalmon Rushdie, author of The SatanicVerses...

Author: By Rita L. Berardino, | Title: Joking From Emerson College To MTV | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

...intriguing twist in the Ivy League does remain, however. The scenario goes like this...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, | Title: Figuring It All Out | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

THOSE STALE TOURISTS miss the annual agricultural fair, L'Exposition d'Agriculture, held every August not far beyond the city limits. It's a French-speaking twist on the 4-H county fairs I'm used to seeing in Maryland...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quasi-Euro Old Quebec: Tacky Theme-Park City | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...that they don't have the heft or toughness to handle a crisis on the street. But while women generally lack upper-body strength, studies consistently show that in situations in which force is needed, they perform as effectively as their male counterparts by using alternatives, such as karate, twist locks or a baton instead of their fists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Women Better Cops? | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...threat to the environment and the necessity for a global burden sharing to control it," says Maneka Gandhi, former Minister of the Environment, who represented India at the Montreal Protocol negotiations. "But is it fair that the industrialized countries who are responsible for the ozone depletion should arm-twist the poorer nations into bearing the cost of their mistakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Do You Patch a Hole in the Sky That Could Be as Big as Alaska? | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

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