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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that the officer can see you are not a threat. He may not frisk you unless he has a reasonable basis for believing that you are armed and dangerous. Erratic or menacing behavior, or a bulge in your pockets, could justify a frisk, but wearing a beard or unusual clothing cannot. If the officer does "pat you down," he may go into only those pockets where he feels something that could be a weapon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Safe in Your Car? | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...somewhat different. Though King, like Washington, is the only Black candidate in the race it is unlikely that he can unify a bloc the way Washington did. The Democratic nominee for mayor of Chicago was quite mainstream, himself a congressman from the area. But King-bald and bedecked in beard and mustache-is an original and radical thinker who may alienate the conversative-though steadfastly Democratic-electorate...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: East Blowing Wind | 3/1/1983 | See Source »

...sell their less desirable crude. The Africans balked at boosting prices at a time of sluggish demand, and the meeting disintegrated into a raucous round of name-calling. At one point, Yamani reportedly shouted: "I am a man of the desert, and nobody is going to laugh at my beard." That was the Arab equivalent of saying, "Nobody is going to take advantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Humbling of OPEC | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...really caught unawares. I wish him another 25," said Mel Dorfman, perhaps the most "regular" of Tommy's regulars. A familiar sight with his black beret, white beard, and stack of used books, Dorfman has eaten one or two meals in the luncheonette every day for the last three years; he said he has been dropping by "off and on" for the last...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: At Tommy's, A Quiet 25th Anniversary | 2/2/1983 | See Source »

...case against the Bulgarians, however, remains unproven. Agca has changed his story before, and his latest narrative contains apparent inconsistencies. For example, he described Antonov as wearing a beard, but Antonov has apparently always had a mustache. Although photographs taken at the time of the assassination attempt show a man who looks strikingly like Antonov standing only a few yards from the Pope, Antonov's lawyer says that he can prove that his client was not in St. Peter's Square at the time of the shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: A Murky but intriguing Trail | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

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