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...even by quite a few converts from the pro-life camp. Their tactic is to separate the issue of fetal-tissue research from the debate over abortion. As they see it, fetal cells are equivalent to vital organs that are available to save lives but are now being thrown away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Abortions Save Lives | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

Several hundred U.S. lawyers have thrown their hats into the ring in pursuit of one of the most coveted offices in the land: that of Harvard vice president and general counsel...

Author: By Gady A. Epstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Univ. Counsel Search Begins | 4/3/1992 | See Source »

That behavior -- along with other instances of refusing to play by the rules -- assured that Brown would be thrown into a media black hole. The networks ignored Brown, who turned to the radio talk shows, filling the air with jeremiads against the confederacy of corruption, careerism and $1,000 campaign contributions. While his competitors travel in chartered jets and stay in hotels, he flies coach on scheduled airlines, sleeps on foldout couches, and is driven around by volunteers who mean well but have no sense of direction. Late for an important event two weeks ago, he broke into the motorcade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Jerry Brown Keeps Running | 3/23/1992 | See Source »

...know if you saw New Tenant, it was like an explosion of ideas thrown at the wall, but it stayed that way. You know, like buckshot. There was no tying together...

Author: By Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, | Title: Interpretations of Hans Canosa: Talking Theater With a Student Director | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

Bright spotlights are trained on the audience seated around the stage. On center stage, the daughter (Cara Polites) of the mythic Aryan god Indra sits on a cloud suspended from the ceiling. These foreshadow the plethora of contrasting, inconsistent and perplexing images that are thrown at us in rapid succession...

Author: By Ganesh Ramakrishnan, | Title: Unconscious Delights: | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

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