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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chaim Waldman is one of the self-proclaimed vigilantes. A zealous American Jew who moved to the West Bank from Columbus, Ohio, seven years ago, Waldman considers himself a part-time commando waging a messianic struggle against his Palestinian neighbors. "When I go out in my car, I'm hunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Fighting Fire with Fire | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

During the pro-democracy demonstrations, Wuer headed the banned independent union of students, where his sophisticated ideas and brash irreverence won him considerable celebrity. But it was less easy for those who knew him well to think of him on a hunger strike. Since childhood he had suffered acute stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of a Hooligan | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

That was back in 1960, and it seemed then that the world would never run out of rhinos. "They were everywhere," Bentsen recalls of his first African safari. "They would charge the vehicles. One even walked through camp." These days, a rhino is a rare sight in the African wilderness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio Grande Valley, Texas | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

Should the U.S. turn its back on the martyred students who rallied around a sculpture resembling the Statue of Liberty? Or break its ties with the Chinese government and risk a devastating setback to both strategic and commercial interests? Neither, said the President, who is something of an old China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving The Connection | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

In previous tests -- 14 referendums in ten states in the past 13 years -- debate turned primarily on purported threats to the safety of both people and the environment. Rancho Seco opponents, however, directly attacked the idea that has helped the nuclear industry win all earlier elections: the proposition that nuclear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shutting Down Rancho Seco | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

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