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...incident amused me, since the poor lost waif was a junior. Imagine, such ignorance when so wise in years...

Author: By William Pao, | Title: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous? | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

...sleazy brother-in-law, for another five minutes and is again ripped off. Leon Redbone gets about six minutes as a silent Canadian deputy who--guess what?--rips Julius off. Poor Joe Strummer doesn't even get the opportunity; he plays a security guard with no particular significance plot-wise and is on screen for maybe three minutes...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Candy Molehill | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

Cacciatore said Hart's big television push lastweek produced little more support because hiscampaign workers were not active enough in thestate to reinforce the advertisements' message. Healso said Gore was not wise to ignore Iowa. TheTenessee senator has called Iowa voters"unrepresentative of the nation" and criticized"low participation" in the caucuses...

Author: By Elsa C. Arnett, | Title: Iowa to Cast Decisive Caucus Vote Today | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...from the moment the Bush campaign received Cohen's letter, they suspected that this was more than a run-of-the mill interview. Multiple copies of the letter circulated to the campaign's wise men. Unlike those in other organizations, the Bush staff members are not gluttons for publicity; they can afford to be discriminating. If they sniff a hatchet job, they steer clear. On his copy of the letter, Bush wrote, "I feel comfortable with Rather. Make sure this guy gets reply soon." Campaign Manager Lee Atwater was dead set against the interview. He was wary of Rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bushwhacked! | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...Jewish spirit" that "violates every principle of human decency and betrays the Zionist dream." Declared Bert Gold, executive vice president of the American Jewish Committee: "Using brute force evokes other times and places when it was used against us." Said Balfour Brickner, senior rabbi of Manhattan's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue: "When the Israelis become like their enemy, they are no different from their enemy." "We read with shame," wrote four Jewish intellectuals in a letter to the New York Times, "reports of house to house beatings of hundreds of people, leading to broken bones and hospitalization of the aged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Crisis of Conscience | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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