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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leader available for that purpose. He is also a symbol of a particular type of Palestinian: the generation that grew up in refugee camps, became guerrillas in early manhood, and never accepted any goal but the establishment of a full-fledged Palestinian state, or any method of achieving it except armed struggle. He is not an especially appealing symbol. Abbas usually dresses in fatigues and dark sunglasses and sports a bushy mustache, but his powerfully built body is turning to fat. He nervously chain-smokes cigarettes and has a reputation as a woman chaser. He can be charming when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: a Would-Be Palestinian Rambo | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

Victory seems assured, except the Australians have learned how to turn the American's own facades against them. Roberts's male virility is cleverly called into question by an arranged dance with a transvestite, and then he seduced by his former secretary in a Santa suit (again, what does this mean?). T. George tries his hand at American marketing, with his new McCoke line. Most importantly though, Roberts is won over by the real excellence that T. George puts into his product, and so by the time Coke is the real market victor, he doubts that they should have been...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: Absurd But True | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

Harvard officials have said that they are not directly displacing tenants through these faculty sales and that they will not help relocate tenants except those who qualify for state housing...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Harvard Proceeds With Disputed Housing Plan | 10/25/1985 | See Source »

...Except Torricelli wants a little more than mom does; he wants one year of our lives devoted to military or civil service. Mom only asked for a few hours and a little effort...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko, | Title: Mom's Demands and the Government's | 10/24/1985 | See Source »

...nine recent suicides admit to no pattern, except that all the victims were young men and all died by hanging. They ranged in age from 14 to 25. Friends and relatives saw no warning signs among most of the victims, and no explanation could be found in the two notes left behind: one youth simply willed his stereo to his brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wind River's Lost Generation | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

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