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...viciousness of the military response hardened attitudes. "Damn this country!" muttered a student as he tied a wet towel around his face to ward off the tear gas. One distraught resident asked bitterly, "If the military is so brave, why don't they fight other countries--why do they attack the people?" And while the police and the army were booed and pelted with debris, the crowd cheered the arrival of the marines--who had fraternized with protesters who forced out Suharto in May--thus prompting wild visions of civil war. On Saturday, as thousands of protesters headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Specter of Revolution | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...working as a camp counselor last summer and one day I got soaking wet leading some campers back from a hike in a storm. But when I went back to the cabin to take off my went clothes, I remembered that I was late making a phone call. So I threw a long raincoat over my purple bra and panties and ran to the pay phones. As I raced to the camp headquarters in the rain, I saw this really fine counselor coming by with some of his campers and I stopped paying attention to the trail and tripped! When...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oh My God--I'm Sooo Embarrassed!!! | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...when he sweats, I decided just to suck up my pride and say hi when he passed. But, just as he was passing, I glanced down and realized that I had just gotten my period--in a big way! I was so embarrassed that I let out a huge, wet, smelly fart. He looked so disgusted and hasn't been nearly as nice to me in class, ever since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oh My God--I'm Sooo Embarrassed!!! | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...makes for an oddly vibrant community with its own language, social structure and economy. Wizards and gods keep order and help newbies get their feet wet. Trolling singles in supermodel avs move swanlike through mating rituals old as the species and new as the next Java upgrade. Soccer moms swap family snapshots and grouse about how the place has gone downhill since the damn teens arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Web's Next Wave of Fun | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...skill. Any notion that "chicks" can't cut it in the heavy metal world will quickly be put to rest by her amazing guitar pyrotechnics; as she is one of the few truly talented female guitarists in rock and roll today. Think of her as Beavis's wet dream...

Author: By Myung! H. Joh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: They Came from the Grand 'Ole Opry | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

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