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This season, along with the serve and forehand he considers his strong points, he's bringing a new weapon to the court: "composure...

Author: By Emily Carrier, | Title: Meringoff Makes It Two Years in a Row | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

Shame is a notion missing from Macedo's statement but present in every sexual situation. The need for shame makes it impossible to leave sex to adults consenting in private, because consent needs to be backed up by social agreement on what is shameful. Women, in particular, need the weapon of shame to defend themselves from being bullied and battered by men. Homosexuality is an open challenge to society's sense of shame, as the gays recognize quite well. For if the practices of homosexuals are not shameful, what...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield, | Title: Saving Liberalism From Liberals | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...take to tear the fabric of an interdependent world and damage the global marketplace, which is essential to our prosperity? We cannot ignore them, but we cannot usually solve them by sending in American soldiers. The threat of force, including ground troops as a last resort, must remain a weapon in the President's hands, but force must never be threatened unless we are really prepared to use it. You undoubtedly agree with the current conventional wisdom that we must act only when we know when and how to get out, but that makes no sense; if a situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter to an Isolationist | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...October 2, 1992, Donald Scott woke up to find that armed men and women were storming his house. Scott got out of bed, drew a weapon in defense, and confronted the intruders. He was shot and killed...

Author: By George Wang, | Title: Confiscation Crazy | 11/2/1993 | See Source »

...UNDERCHARGE. Despite the long indictment they brought against the defendants, who were also accused in connection with attacks on seven other people at the intersection that day, prosecutors failed to hit Williams with one crucial count: assaulting Denny with a deadly weapon. While conviction would not require proof of intent, the charge still carries jail time of up to four years in California. That could have been added to any other sentence the defendants received...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Slap for a Broken Head | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

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