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...United Nations Commission on Refugees, and the Iraqi Community Association of London into the loop, the hijackers, pleading for political asylum, gave themselves up without harming any of the 199 people aboard. "It was such a low-key hijacking, it hasn't gotten people terribly excited," says TIME's Helen Gibson in London."The hijackers simply didn't want to go back to Iraq. They would rather face the relatively luxurious British social security system with its dole and housing benefits than an Iraqi jail or Saddam's firing squad." The hijackers took over a Sudanese jetliner initially headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Understated Hijacking | 8/28/1996 | See Source »

...their right to sue Lloyd's or its agents for policies covered in the restructuring. The plan would put money-losing insurance policies into a new reinsurance company called Equitas Group, allowing individual investors to exit Lloyd's and limit their losses. "The only problem," says TIME's Helen Gibson. "Is that if the restructuring plan doesn't work, the names can't walk away. They are still responsible for the losses." But the plan, if successful, would allow this venerable British institution to move forward. Terence Nelan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Victory for Lloyd's | 8/27/1996 | See Source »

...United Nations Commission on Refugees, and the Iraqi Community Association of London into the loop, the hijackers, pleading for political asylum, gave themselves up without harming any of the 199 people aboard. "It was such a low-key hijacking, it hasn't gotten people terribly excited," says TIME's Helen Gibson in London."The hijackers simply didn't want to go back to Iraq. They would rather face the relatively luxurious British social security system with its dole and housing benefits than an Iraqi jail or Saddam's firing squad." The hijackers took over a Sudanese jetliner initially headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Understated Hijacking | 8/27/1996 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the English Department will boast 44 new courses, including seminars. The new courses will include a seminar on Walt Whitman by Porter University Professor Helen Vendler. She will also teach a new course on five modern American poets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Courses of Instruction For 1996-97 Released | 8/6/1996 | See Source »

There is no guiding light for First Ladies about what their duties are. Some expectations about the position may change with the times, but the role is essentially a supportive one. Regardless of their abilities and qualifications, Hillary and Liddy must understand that neither is running for co-President. HELEN W. JOFFE Hamilton, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 22, 1996 | 7/22/1996 | See Source »

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