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Being a woman in what are still male-dominated G.O.P. political circles, Matalin has suffered far more for the relationship than Carville has. Last year several top Republicans pressed Bush to dismiss her lest pillow talk undo his re-election. But the President stuck by Matalin and gave her a big hug after last week's tempest passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star-Crossed Lovers | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

What harm man can do, nature can undo -- at least for a while. While the alumni of the Rio environment conference undertake complex schemes to combat global warming, scientists are finding that Mother Nature is quietly applying her own highly efficient methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brrr! What Global Warming? | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

Neil Kinnock, leader of the Labor party, promised to increase public services by raising tax rates on the wealthy and to undo the Conservatives small market-oriented reforms in the National Health service. Major, on the other hand, told voters that Labor's proposed tax increase would inflict further damage on the economy and defended his government's health policies...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, | Title: Will Clinton Be America's Neil Kinnock? | 4/14/1992 | See Source »

...found out. In February, even as the German field marshal had been chased into Tunisia, his forces launched a fierce attack on Allied forces and inflicted a humiliating defeat on the U.S. II Corps near the Kasserine Pass. It would take British, French and U.S. troops 10 days to undo the German counteroffensive, sustaining 10,000 casualties in the process, more than half of them American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War in Europe | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

...Incest and rape are both hideous crimes, and we can never make light of the trauma that a woman has undergone when she has been violated in this way. However, an abortion will not undo rape or incest. And furthermore it is unjust to kill an innocent child for the crime of its father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: RANDALL TERRY | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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