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...East's best army and air force, into a war would open a second front and speed Saddam's military defeat. Executing hostages or attacking Saudi oil fields would instantly bring massive bombardment down on Iraq. "He would kill a lot of people," says the Brookings Institution's Judith Kipper, "but Iraq would be devastated and he'd be dead. He cannot believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Sitzkrieg in The Sand | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

When he was 13, he was shipped off to England to be educated at Rugby. His Anglo-Saxon schoolmates wasted no time in letting him know that he did not fit in; they snickered while, facing his first English breakfast, Rushdie tried to figure out how to eat a kipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hybrid Creature, Invisible Man | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

Pittsburgh (80-82, NL East, tied for fourth): This team is young. Brian Fisher (11-9) and Bob Kipper (5-9) are the only two starters with more than two years of playing experience. Mike Dunne (13-6, 3.03 ERA) led the staff in victories. Mike LaVellere (.300) and Andy Van Slyke, former St. Louis players, sure made that deal for Tony Pena look good. Best player: Van Slyke...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Guide to the 1988 Baseball Season | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

...didn't even realize she wanted and didn't set out to get." Two things, anyway: a doting husband as dotty as she is and a three-month-daughter. Of Martin von Haselberg, 38, a commodities trader who has cavorted as a performance artist under the name Harry Kipper, Midler declares, "He sees to the heart of things. He respects and supports what I do. And he leads me, too, when I lose my way." Now listen to the new mom, 41, on the subject of Sophie ("not for Sophie Tucker") Frederica ("for my | father Fred") Alohilani ("Hawaiian for 'bright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bette Midler Steals Hollywood | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...Iran willingly complied. The hijackers called for the release from Kuwaiti prisons of their "innocent brothers," who they claimed had been tortured by "the joint butchering machine" of Kuwait, the U.S. and France. They admitted murdering two Americans and vowed to kill a third, whom they identified as "Charles Kipper," along with three Kuwaiti diplomats if their demands were not met. The American and Kuwaiti hostages, the hijackers declared, were "no more than a group of criminals who deserve to be killed according to the judgment of God and the Koran" and would never be let go, only "killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Horror Abroad Flight 221 | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

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