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...chance of that," says Buddy under his breath. He had the look of a defeated man. "O.K., Ramon, you win. Come with me and I'll get you a bank draft for your money...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Coffee at the U.N. | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...take it from the top, applying a few principles of ! effective communication. This time Karen looks up at Ogre ("Good eye contact, Karen") and says calmly, "Why don't you sit down so we can discuss some of the problems you have?" Under her breath she adds, "And so you're not standing over my goddam desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Seminars Everywhere | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Many of the other students also say they have friends who are gay. The vast majority of Yale students, they say, are tolerant of the vocal homosexual community. Yet in the next breath one of the students at the party says it's easy to recognize a gay student: He or she probably majors in comparative literature and wears black...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Integrating the Gay and Straight | 9/23/1987 | See Source »

...Lenin Park, a steel band lays down a lilting beat and khaki- uniformed officials wave their caps in time to the music. Yet beneath the infectious island rhythms, there is a sad, steady whisper. "If there were no sea between us and the U.S.," says a musician under his breath, "this place would be empty tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba Whispers Behind the Slogans | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Koch's plan reflects a needed sense of realism, in the view of conservatives as well as many liberals. In more than a dozen states, officials have been inching in a similar direction. But in a country that speaks in the same breath of the right to liberty and the right to life, this new approach raises old, complicated questions. How much deviation in behavior ought a free society tolerate? Is it rational to enshrine the liberty of those so irrational they cannot understand the nature of their rights? Is it not more humane -- indeed, is it not morally required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: At Issue: Freedom for the Irrational | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

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