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...Split the house into two units, with iron doors locked and bolted between them, and razor wire on the windows. The cobra has one condominium, the mongoose gets the other. It's not a happy way to live, but it would be better, for both sides, than today's vicious intimacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Separation a Solution for Middle East Peace? | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...nice eye for smaller-scaled idiocies as well. There is, for example, Kathy Bates selling squirrels by the roadside and exacting a terrible revenge on non-buyers. Then there's the Barbie Museum. That would be a roadside attraction devoted not to the immortal doll but to the vicious Nazi Klaus Barbie. Not to worry, though, the befuddled Jewish family (with Jon Lovitz as its addled patriarch and Kathy Najimy his bemused wife) makes its escape in style--in Hitler's onetime touring car. Best of all, there's Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Pollini, a good-natured Italian immigrant struggling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Good Old-Fashioned Lunacy | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...there you have the minister of information in a country recognized by no other, engaged in a vicious tug-of-war with a live lion over a dead, stuffed-with-straw lion that appeared ready to come apart at any moment. Pretty much like Somalia itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, That is a Lion Biting the Minister... | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

...Going To the Mat WWF Smackdown! The world wrestling federation and the World Wildlife Fund hold something in common besides the welfare of some vicious, hairy animals: their initials. Hence the Internet domain-name battle. The Fund uses wwf.org, but the Federation uses wwf.com, which the people at the Fund claim violates a 1994 agreement. They've taken the tussle to the London courts, but we say settle it in the ring. Here's how the teams match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

Dukakis recalled an America of vicious racism and segregation, poverty, and high school dropout rates far surpassing those of today, and he scoffed at those who might try to forget that “the good old days” also had their share of today’s concerns, such as violence and teen pregnancy...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Dukakis Reminisces, Jabs Bushes | 7/27/2001 | See Source »

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