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...painter who started out doing postcard-size works of art and, as his career improved, worked his way up to large water-colors of wartime destruction: rubble, crumbled walls, caved-in roofs. Eventually he created his own subjects, a rare chance for an artist. According to his lackey, the featherbrained Putzi Hanfstaengl, Hitler also adored whistling. His best numbers were Harvard fight songs, which Putzi, a Harvard alumnus, would thump on the piano whenever the Fiihrer was in a frisky mood. After the war, whenever Putzi was asked what Hitler was like, he never failed to marvel how that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Looking for Mr. Goodpov | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...guess I am scared, but I wouldn't walk around alone anyway." Babson student Lands M. Lackey added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Voice Concern Over Third Rape at Babson College | 10/1/1982 | See Source »

...Iran, where the Shi'ites are dominant. Already the Iranian embassy in Saudi Arabia has secretly been printing and stockpiling millions of propaganda tracts. Their message: "reactionary" regimes like Saudi Arabia are hand-in-glove with the enemies of Islam, and Muslims everywhere must unite and overthrow their "lackey governments." As a security measure, the Saudis are banning Iranian pilgrims from visiting Shi'ites in the east on their way to Mecca. Khomeini's strategy is to pack the ranks of pilgrims with Muslim zealots, known as Hezbollahis (members of God's party), as he attempts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holy Terror | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

...enter into negotiations. The Iranian regime faces two choices: either its troops remain where they are, engaging in artillery exchanges, or they try to penetrate our territory. If they attack, they will fail. They will not be capable of imposing a regime on Iraq that would be a lackey for Tehran. They will have to abandon their dreams and hallucinations, and agree to coexist peacefully with Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Saddam Hussein | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

...with many more questions. Dylan will always be ripe for attack. We can question his simplicity (for example, is the logical conclusion of "Property of Jesus" an approval of religious fanaticism?). We can criticize his beliefs. But we cannot say he lacks guts. Bob Dylan is no man's lackey. He will always do and sing what he believes. The times they are a changin', but not Dylan. He still has integrity...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: After the Flood | 10/3/1981 | See Source »

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