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They present the familiar ironies of being caught between two worlds, unwitting Proserpinas who, having eaten of the pomegranate are unable to inhabit either world fully.

Author: By Lorraine Lezama, | Title: The Caribbean Is More Than Colonialism | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

As you throw your clumsy gait into hot pursuit, the sandwich checks its bank account, buys a copy of Vanity Fair and nose-dives into the T-stop. Once there it rushes past the hordes of outdated punks on the escalator, skillfully nutting one or two with its crusty end...

Author: By Tony Gubba, | Title: For the Moment | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

That hardly matters if the threat works. The excuse has allowed Serbs and Croats to turn on the Muslims with such ferocity that many Muslims now conspire in their own flight. So too do international officials, who have been put in the excruciating position of aiding the evacuation of endangered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rumor & Reality | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

An unwitting touch of humor is added by the program notes, which warn that the play was written in 1979 before we knew about AIDS. Kids, don't try this at home: "The only way to completely avoid AIDS is to abstain from sexual intercourse," cautions the program for a...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Just Use A Condom | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

But today, he says, "we've lost our confidence. The good times are over." Economic growth has slowed to 2%, and inflation remains at a stubborn 6.9%. Unemployment has swelled to 17.5%, no better than when Gonzalez took office. "There's a lot of cosmetics," says Pedro J. Ramirez, editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side of Spain's Fiesta | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

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