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...country which prides itself on its commitment to liberty, Americans are increasingly oppressed by a paternalistic government intent on saving us from ourselves. Meanwhile, prestigious universities, the supposed sancutaries of free thought, adopt enlightened policies like stringent speech codes, often implicitly...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Malcontents | 9/22/1993 | See Source »

...They are intent on destroying pathetic constructions like modern morality and education, which amuse and abuse their own pathetic lives. In such a climate, their nihilistic obsession with fire ("Fire! Fire! Fire!") becomes understandable and even admirable. The destructive instinct is nurtured in a culture where so much deserves to be destroyed...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Malcontents | 9/22/1993 | See Source »

...three of the men arrested were charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, Rooney said...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Police Arrest Men After Chase | 9/15/1993 | See Source »

...accusations, Arafat denied he had caved in to the Israelis, reverting to precisely the kind of rhetoric that infuriates Israelis. "The Palestinian state is within our grasp," he declared. "Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of Jerusalem." Arafat was more intent on shoring up his own constituencies. Embarking on a week of consultations even more breathless than usual, the peripatetic chairman flew off to reassure Arab leaders in Yemen, Egypt, Sudan and Morocco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can They Pass the Test? | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

...ones that are have lengthy delays between cycles, the viewer spends a lot of time wondering when, if at all, something is going to happen. Then a cam turns, and neat little linkages make a crescent of feathers coquettishly unfurl or propel a row of knives, with sinister sexual intent, into a corresponding row of shaving brushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mechanics Illustrated | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

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