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...only does terrorism corrupt governments and militaries, but terrorists and narcotics traffickers also work together to further their respective aims, Abrams said...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: Reagan Central America Policy Defended | 5/14/1986 | See Source »

...good to last. The film's cynical insider tone turns apocalyptic for a third act of corrupt development schemes and race riots. The preachy message has drowned out the music. And what began as a giddy ride in the Time Machine ends up as angst for the memories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sore Glums Absolute Beginners | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...guess you all just couldn't resist the opportunity to take a swipe at George Bush's hypocrisy. In the process, you buy into the same free-market fictions which helped wreck the Rust Belt. I hope that in the future you can look beyond petty regional rivalries and corrupt conservative formulas to see and respond to the real human costs of economic change. Kim Ladin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Regional Rivalry | 4/23/1986 | See Source »

When he returned to Libya, Gaddafi began to organize his fellow officers into secret cells to plan a way to overthrow the regime of the aged King Idris, whom he regarded as a corrupt and effete tool of Western oil companies. In 1969 Gaddafi led an efficient, bloodless coup, an effortless overthrow that seemed to have the tacit support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaddafi: Obsessed By a Ruthless, Messianic Vision | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...increasingly prized aspect of RICO is its special forfeiture procedure, a relative rarity in American law. These provisions allow authorities to confiscate the semilegitimate business fronts, the corrupt construction companies and the phony finance operations through which much Mob wealth is funneled. In the past, even when an underworld chief was imprisoned, the illicit operations remained intact. With RICO, prosecutors can go after the crime empires themselves. In the Angiulo case, for example, the feds are pursuing $4 million in Mob assets, including two apartment buildings, a restaurant and some prime real estate near the Boston Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Thermonuclear Statute | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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