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...Perot can capture 20 per-cent of the vote, Powell's good for at least 35 percent provided he doesn't self-destruct in public, like Muskie or McGovern, or run a terrible campaign and lose momentum, like Dukakis. His splendid performances during Desert Storm press briefings and his recent book tour show that he has the charisma and skill to campaign across America. Thirty-five percent in a three-way race would mean either victory or the election being sent to the House of Representatives...

Author: By Andrew Owen, | Title: Exploding the Myths | 11/8/1995 | See Source »

...Lady Knights gutsy style in game two made for long points, and they patiently waited for Harvard to self-destruct on these points. As a result, Rutgers found itself up 13-2 at one part of the second set. In volleyball, a point ain't over until it really is over, and Rutgers saved some seemingly impossible put-away shots by Harvard...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Women's Spikers Squeak Out Win | 11/3/1995 | See Source »

...desire to dissuade potential suicides from believing they would be celebrated in death. Today, of course, we realize that there exist' legitimate reasons why an individual might wish to terminate his or her life; we also know that mental illness sometimes induces a person to self-destruct. So, for the most part, we afford the same respects to suicides as we do to anyone else who has died. We do so even realizing that we are in some respect rewarding them for devastating the lives of loved ones and providing an example to others that says, "All you need...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tadesse Did Not Merit Victimhood | 9/13/1995 | See Source »

...script, by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler and Akiva Goldsman, settles for the stale pose of antiheroic dialogue and TV sitcom irony. Barbara Ling's sumptuous production design is mainly a reminder of better, quirkier films (Blade Runner, The Hudsucker Proxy). The special-effects aces have created a big destruct-o-fest, with explosions all over Gotham, yet the film is pizazz deficient. A series of set pieces with no forward momentum, Batman Forever drags laboriously, as if the Batmobile were being towed away with the emergency brake still on. The picture leaves thick black skid marks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TROUBLE IN GOTHAM CITY | 6/26/1995 | See Source »

...prove she abused her post. Hawthorne says Mrs. Mandela, convicted of kidnapping in 1991, has become a national embarrassment. He notes that since 1993, the president has spoken "hardly a word" to his wife, who also stands accused of abusing ANC funds, and appears to be in a "self-destruct mode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXCLUSIVE . . . WINNIE ON THE WAY OUT | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

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