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She was one sweet and austere tune. Her family arranged a private funeral, and that of course is what she'd want and that is what is fitting. But I know how I wish she would be buried.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: America's First Lady | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

With this in mind, Wednesday's match against UMass was a fitting last game. Harvard came from ahead to lose 6-5, after leading by four runs at one point.

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: Baseball Falls to UMass, 6-5, in Finale | 5/13/1994 | See Source »

The bombs that went off in Johannesburg, however, are proof that a few hate- filled racist groups are capable of carrying out sabotage and murder for the foreseeable future. The A.W.B.-aligned Volksfront is planning acts of & civil disobedience aimed at provoking confrontations with government security forces. Many South Africans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ugly Fight for White Rights | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

President Nixon was fond of British history. So it is fitting to close by paraphrasing the famous comment about Robert Peel written by one of Nixon's favorite historians, Sir Norman Gash. The analogy is overbroad, but the sentiment is entirely accurate: he brought China into the modern world, and...

Author: By John S. Gardner, | Title: Rest in Peace, Mr. President | 4/27/1994 | See Source »

"They need bigger seats," he said. "I hadtrouble fitting in.

Author: By Christopher R. Mcfadden, | Title: New MBTA Red Line Train a Ride Into the Future | 4/21/1994 | See Source »

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