NEWS
March 31, 1996
AMERICAN POLICY in Bosnia is built upon a shaky framework of political fiction, unrealistic deadlines and military muscle. Only the latter category is succeeding. The NATO-led force of heavily-armed troops has separated the Serb, Croat and Muslim armies along 1,000 kilometers of ethnic hostility. But the danger remains that this huge effort may be in vain -- that once international peacekeepers depart, Bosnia's warring tribes will resume their struggle.The chief political fiction is a Croat-Muslim federation that Gen. George Joulwan, the supreme NATO commander, charitably describes as "very fragile."
NEWS
By FRANK ROYLANCE and FRANK ROYLANCE,frank.roylance@baltsun.com | March 8, 2009
The start of daylight-saving time today means darker mornings. Sunrise today jumps from 6:28 a.m. in Baltimore to 7:28, making the morning as dim as it was on Jan. 4. We won't recapture that lost morning light until April 15. Happily, sunset occurs after 7 p.m. now, and will advance daily, reaching its latest at 8:37 p.m. on June 27.
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By Edwina Sherudi and Edwina Sherudi,(From "Sonnets From a Maryland Suburb") | March 25, 1994
When I remember now the love we shared,The tenderness with which we used to reachone another when the moment flaredInto a passion that consumed us each;When I remember all the sweet concernThat sheltered us from angry wind and storm,The loyalty that steadfastly did burnTo keep our hearts and spirits ever-warm;When I remember all of this, it seemsLike some hallucination I have framedThat has the essence of dim, distant dreamsWhere all that was is nothing as...
FEATURES
By Stephen Hunter and Stephen Hunter,Sun Film Critic | February 5, 1994
I know what caused the Great Los Angeles earthquake.That Sunday night, the Touchstone Division of the Disney empire must have held a screening of "My Father, the Hero."And the body of Walt Disney turned over in its grave so violently that . . . OH MY GOD! 6.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE!In fact, the only thing that keeps the movie at all watchable is a great shambling performance by Gerard Depardieu, who is so shaggy-lovable he deserves an Oscar for most distinguished performance in the least distinguished movie.
NEWS
September 5, 1994
Women and the Cairo ConferenceIf we credit Mr. Berger with both saying what he means andmeaning what he says, we are left with two dominant concerns.On one level, he appears to be telling us that in order to preserve the appearance of tolerance people should disguise their true attitudes by using socially acceptable expressions that speak on multiple levels simultaneously.If you talk about "urban" violence or "inner-city" ills, your intended audience will know whom you are talking about. This has become such a common mode of expressing racial and ethnic attitudes that for many years social scientists have identified it as an integral component of what we call "the new prejudice."
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By MICHAEL OLESKER | December 3, 2000
TIME WILL NOT dim the glory of their deeds, nor - for the moment - will the wrecking ball. The destruction of Memorial Stadium, originally scheduled to commence tomorrow, has been stalled by last week's vote by the state Board of Public Works - William Donald Schaefer and Richard Dixon stepping up to the plate - temporarily putting off both the old ballpark's destruction and the dismantling of the 110-foot plaque honoring the nation's war dead that was...