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...Ronald Reagan, Nicaragua is a "cancer" in the Western Hemisphere, a potential Soviet "beachhead" in North America, a haven for dope smugglers and terrorists. The country is in the grip of "an outlaw regime" of Marxist-Leninists who torture pastors and burn down synagogues. Left to fester, Reagan warned the nation last week, the Nicaragua of Sandinista Leader Daniel Ortega Saavedra will become a "second Cuba"--worse, a "second Libya, right on the doorstep of the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Tug of War | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Light's arrest for heroin trafficking occurred, he maintains, while he was delivering two grams of "junk" for a friend. At his 1984 trial, New York City prosecutors had contended that the dope was part of a much larger quantity that Light was dealing. Federal authorities declined to say what kind of deal Light may have cut with the Government in return for his story. When Deputy Commission Counsel Stephen Ryan asked Light, "Would (the Mafia) kill you for what you're doing today?" He replied soberly: "Without a doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protecting the Family | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Meet the neighbors: a pair of muggers named Visa and MasterCharge, a misplaced Mormon, an abandoned rabbi, an African dictator, a welfare mother in double- digit pregnancies, a sniper, a man assembling a Chevy Nova in his living room, a 400-lb. dope dealer with an M.B.A., a family of Cambodians trying to farm their floorboards, mythic creatures known as the Nordic Ice Queen and the Madonna of Heat, and two ex-dancers who sell Tupperware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Off the Wall the Building by Thomas Glynn | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...Wednesday night, as I was sitting at home reading the 1977 Baseball Dope Book, I received the good news. I was just turning to the section on pinch-hitting records by left handed batters with runners on second and third base, when the radio announcer informed me that the dreadful strike had ended...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Don't Take Me Out to the Ballpark | 8/9/1985 | See Source »

...Vegas and Harrisburg, Pa. With no central bosses or structure, the Marielitos operate as loose bands of conscienceless predators, uneducated and wild but also shrewd. One of their first bold strokes: dressed as police SWAT teams, they began invading the homes of Miami drug dealers. Besides stealing cash and dope, the raiders made a point of pistol-whipping, torturing and occasionally raping their victims, who, given their business, could not call police. Last year two drug dealers shot two Dade SWAT team members, thinking they were Marielitos in disguise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Parasites on Their Own People | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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