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...their fury. As the news reached the capital that night, roving groups of young men with stubbly faces and mean looks converged on No. 10 Janpath, Gandhi's home in the heart of New Delhi. They were a rough, ill-clad bunch, much the sort that had gone berserk after Indira's murder and slaughtered thousands of Sikhs around the capital. Their mood worsened as the night wore on, and they beat up several cameramen for no apparent reason. Some chanted slogans blaming the CIA and called for an attack on the U.S. embassy. Others randomly pointed to V.P. Singh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Death's Return Visit | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

...KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION: STRANGE FREE WORLD A&M). A band of genially berserk Brits, turning out tunes with wit and -- hard to believe in this dance-mad age -- melody. With echoes of mid-period Beatles and backlash art-rock, this is pop with heart and promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Mar. 11, 1991 | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...third Jewish temple. Despite an Israeli court order banning the group from the site, Muslims were unnerved. As rumors spread that the Jewish radicals were approaching, Palestinians began shouting slogans. When police replied with tear gas, Palestinians retaliated with stones. The police then charged onto the Temple Mount, went berserk and gunned down Palestinians at close range. (Arab doctors later announced that one victim was shot 14 times). "They were shooting people from ten meters away," said Ala Abu Bakr, 17, who was shot in the arm and the back. Abu Bakr crawled into al-Aqsa mosque, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of A Tragedy | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

...youth had caught pneumonia. Another had gone berserk and required evacuation. A Vietnam veteran had stalked the mountain camp, threatening the youngsters...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Seeking Social Equity, He Keeps Integrity First | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...life. He would never have dared, though, to convert himself, as Herr so elegantly does, into a pint-size paradigm of scrambled patriotism and American success gone crazy. Herr's Winchell is an ex-vaudevillian who dances as he writes and lives: with little grace but an overabundance of berserk energy. He starts by posting sheets of trade tattle and pillow talk backstage at the crummy vaudeville theaters he plays. Within a decade he moves center stage, prowling Manhattan for scoops and scandal, making himself as feared and famous as the people he features in his column. Looking at dancers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Novel Treatment of a Legend | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

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