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...arsenal and the audacity to pursue his grand ambition to rule the region -- or rock the world. In effect, Saddam has leveled a brazen challenge: Stop me if you can. Last weekend one of his spokesmen snarled that if anyone moved against Iraqi forces, Baghdad would "chop off his arm from the shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Power Grab | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

...leading to the airport. "Despite all the millions of profits they were showing on paper, M.D.C. and Silverado had been running on empty for a long time, and they looked at potential profits from the new airport as a savior," says a former key employee of M.D.C.'s housing arm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rush For Gold: How Silverado Operated | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

...with their liberalism, but theirs was the clearer view of the country. Warren Burger, who wrote the opinion that freed up the Watergate tapes, was appointed with much fanfare by Richard Nixon himself. Arthur Goldberg resigned at Lyndon Johnson's urging to become United Nations ambassador. L.B.J. twisted the arm of his crony Abe Fortas and put him in Goldberg's place. But when he tried to move Fortas up to Chief Justice, the fear of cronyism generated so much opposition that Johnson abandoned the maneuver. Later, because of financial improprieties, Fortas resigned his court seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Fire Storm of Babble | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...those who still fancy the image of Cassady speeding cross country -- muscled arm out the window of a Hudson Hornet, Benzedrine inhaler in nostril -- it may come as a surprise to learn how hard he worked, albeit sporadically, to support his family. He was a brakeman for the Southern Pacific, a job that required a quick mind and quicker feet. Later, fellow workers at the Los Gatos Tire Co. marveled at his speed and skill with iron and sledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Beatnik's Wife OFF THE ROAD by Carolyn Cassady | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

Wrong again. The star of this movie is a guy who dresses up in a crazy disguise as part of a bank robbery, and spends the rest of the film trying to evade the long arm...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Does This Film Sound Familiar to You? | 7/27/1990 | See Source »

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