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...Zagreb's cathedral the next evening, were a bleak reminder that peace will not come easily to Yugoslavia after six months of civil war. The federal military was quick to refer to "an unwanted and tragic event," and the Serb- controlled federal government offered requisite apologies. But a shake-up in the top military command solidifying Serb dominance led to fresh worries that the army might not fully support the cease-fire. As the U.N. dispatched observers over the weekend to monitor the fragile peace, the truce appeared to be holding. Said a European diplomat in Zagreb: "Every quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yugoslavia: Trying for a Lasting Truce | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

...your foot. But such convenience items are overshadowed by advances in big-ticket technology. Among other things, the latest in '90s high-tech gear promises to give you a full workout in less than five minutes; teach you how to climb a rock face in the rumpus room; shake, rattle and roll your way to * fitness; and even take the hook out of your golf swing at home while facing some of the world's most famous golf courses. In each case, the first instruction for users is simple: carry a big wallet, make a muscle, then hand over weighty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Your Wallet a Workout | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

Nicknames aside, boxing has made me a new man with a new confidence in myself. After 19 years on this earth, I can finally look someone square in the eye, shake his or her hand and know that I can give him or her a jab! And a right...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Finding Myself in the Ring | 1/10/1992 | See Source »

When he was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1987, Art Agnos described himself as an outsider who would shake up city hall. Four years later, he finds himself on the outside again. Last week the liberal Agnos was defeated in his bid for a second term by former police chief Frank Jordan, a self- described moderate with little patience for the city's high-profile populations of homeless people and panhandlers. Jordan got 52% of the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: San Francisco: Shift to the Right | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...woman's offer of a ride home from Au Bar, a popular Palm Beach night spot, and then walking with her along the beach. After exchanging kisses, he testified, the couple had two sexual encounters -- though the romantic mood was broken when he mistakenly called her "Cathie." Unable to shake Smith's story, Lasch resorted to expressions of incredulity that two people who had met in a notorious pickup joint could be having sex only a few hours later. "Well, Mr. Smith, what are you? Some kind of sex machine?" she asked. Some law students are buying tapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palm Beach Trial | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

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