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NEXT: HITLER'S HAIKUS Looking for something for that hard-to-please war criminal on your list? A new collection of ethnic-cleanser Radovan Karadzic's poetry is coming out soon. It's available only in Greece, but here's a taste of his work, from his 1970 poem Sarajevo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...comprehend that people would behave so horribly to other human beings. This is just a school, right? It's not as if lives were at stake or actual combat was going on. And even if that were so, I can't understand how washing someone's mouth out with cleanser helps prepare for combat. However, my time in the U.S. Army taught me a lot of things, and the most important lesson was "never quit"--even when faced with seemingly unbearable odds, never give up. Unfortunately, Messer and Mentavlos did just that. When you quit once, it becomes easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...comprehend that people would behave so horribly to other human beings. This is just a school, right? It's not as if lives were at stake or actual combat was going on. And even if that were so, I can't understand how washing someone's mouth out with cleanser helps prepare for combat. However, my time in the U.S. Army taught me a lot of things, and the most important lesson was "never quit"--even when faced with seemingly unbearable odds, never give up. DAVID R. VAILLANCOURT Auburn, Maine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 17, 1997 | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...that they were assaulted and sexually harassed. Despite a careful, court-approved assimilation plan intended to ensure the women's safety, Messer and Mentavlos say that fingernail polish was smeared on them and ignited, that they were forced to sing obscene songs, that their mouths were washed out with cleanser, that they were forced to drink iced tea until they vomited. They also say that when they reported these and other incidents to their superiors, no action was taken. Mentavlos' brother, a senior and an honors student, also left the Citadel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AND THEN THERE WERE TWO... | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

...sadly interesting motif of parallel dysfunctions ran through the Hiss family as well. Alger Hiss's father committed suicide rather savagely, slashing his throat with his own razor. Alger's sister Mary Ann also killed herself, by swallowing a bottle of caustic household cleanser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRED ASTAIRE MEETS THE SAD-SACK DOSTOYEVSKIAN PUDGE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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