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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Not surprisingly, Waldheim has refused to cooperate or recognize the trial's validity. Gerold Christian, his official spokesman, dismisses the TV event as a "mock trial with a preconceived outcome and a known bias." That is disputed by the producers, who insist they searched as hard for evidence to exonerate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A TV Trial for Waldheim | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

In Kuwait more than 2,000 people attended a funeral for the two men slain aboard the jet. Though many of the mourners called for revenge, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad as-Sabah, Kuwait's ruler, was not likely to order the execution of any of the 17 imprisoned terrorists. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism Nightmare on Flight 422 | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

McPherson's grisly execution last summer is part of a trend that has shocked the nation's capital. In the past two years, narcotics dealers, led by the Jamaicans, have begun to realize Washington's potential as a drug bazaar. Dealers from New York City and Miami have invaded the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The War Is Being Lost | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

The costuming and the musical selections are equally unsuccessful. Apparently Spraggins intends to resolve the disparities he has created in moving the setting of the play from 1700 to the present by turning World into theater of the absurd. Thus, the actors dress according to the personality of their characters...

Author: By Lois Leveen, | Title: World-Weary | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

Abroad, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ordered a re-examination of possible links between Waldheim and the 1944 execution of six British commandos in Greece. In Jerusalem the Israeli Knesset called for Waldheim's resignation or impeachment in light of the panel's report.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Austria Under Siege | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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