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...woman on an intricate and divinely sociopathic rampage. She just plain wants the money she steals from her husband (Bill Pullman), who obtained it in a drug deal that she had urged on him. She just plain needs to create a new life so she can hide from his wrath. And she just plain must enlist simple Mike Swale (Peter Berg) as an accomplice in murder when her mate finally catches up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Wretch on a Sexual Rampage | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Shelley's novel explores not only the process of birth, but the effects of parenthood Frankenstein is littered with parentless children, like Shelley herself, whose mother died shortly after her birth. The monster's wrath stems from the refusal of the man he calls his father to acknowledge his offspring, or to provide for his spiritual comfort by creating a companion like him. The monster who grows under these circumstances has great capacities both for good and evil, presumably like all children at their birth. He is well-educated and seeks human companionship, but his rejection by the human race...

Author: By Sorelle B. Braun, | Title: The Modern PROMETHEU | 11/10/1994 | See Source »

Women Appealing for Change (WAC), a group that formed during the past academic year to urge a boycott of the clubs, focused its wrath on the Fly. In a letter to The Crimson, they called the decision an "embarrassment" which "undermines the values which Harvard is supposed to represent...

Author: By Robin J. Stamm, | Title: Why the Fly Club Changed Its Mind On Women | 10/14/1994 | See Source »

...minds with the Administration's controversial agenda, particularly with gun control. Through 15 terms in Congress, Foley has consistently resisted gun-control legislation. In August, however, he voted for Clinton's crime bill, which included a ban on 19 kinds of assault weapons. As a result, Foley incurred the wrath of the National Rifle Association, which responded with a massive mailing on Nethercutt's behalf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speaker Foley's Folly | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

...after the mayor's address, an explosive device was tossed from a seaside warehouse, tearing into a crowd of several thousand celebrating Paul's return. The blast killed six, injured another 43 and sparked a rampage by furious Aristide supporters. After U.S. soldiers prevented the mob from venting its wrath on several men suspected of throwing the bomb, the crowd turned on the warehouse itself. And in a sample of what rich Haitians have predicted could engulf the entire country, the throng stripped the building bare. They took everything: steel drums, bags of cement, iron bars, even coils of wire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Walking a Thin Line | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

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