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...outside Yugoslavia was -- or is -- prepared to go to war against him. Military intervention, most believe, would be likely to land outside powers in a Vietnam-style quagmire and cost them heavy casualties. There may be universal outrage at the human carnage, but unlike Iraq's grab for oil-rich Kuwait, Serbia's depredations against Croatia and Bosnia do not threaten the strategic interests of the U.S. or European neighbors enough to justify the risks of sending in troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Chronic Case of Impotence | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...father: the white bookstore owner or the black policeman (the law carried the day). Yet the revelation caused little stir: the show was tucked away on cable, and went off the air shortly thereafter. It took a Top 10 network series that will undoubtedly be around for years to grab the Vice President's attention. Now he needs to do some channel switching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Fathers and Mothers Know Best | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...right, off round the world and no stops?" No brakes is more like it. Although Huston poses as a 19th century squire, he is actually a very modern con man, incessantly flagellating or flattering Bradbury into an inhuman schedule. When the script is accepted, the director will unceremoniously grab 50% of the screen credit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Year Of Living Dangerously | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

...article in The Crimson of May 18 stated that "many Dunster House squirrel themselves away and appear only to grab goodies at Masters' Open Houses." This is unfair and untrue. Many Durnster tutors are very talented and extraordinarily dedicated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Proud of Our Tutors' | 5/20/1992 | See Source »

While many tutors squirrel themselves away and appear only to grab goodies at Masters' Open Houses, Ignatiev has been an active force in Dunster, his defenders...

Author: By Maya E. Fischhoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Dunster Tutor Noel Ignatiev, A Lifetime of Fighting 'Injustice' | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

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