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...free for seven days, he could travel to Europe and prove that the trust exists. If he failed, Blay- + Miezah told the investor, the authorities could shoot him. Hajduk would like the Ghanaians to take Blay-Miezah up on his offer. Should Blay-Miezah prove to be a liar, says Hajduk, "I'll put the bullets in the chamber myself." A number of other overeager investors may share that sentiment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Africa: Stung by a Ghanaian smoothy | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...first time (now) that there were deportations of Jews from Greece." Countered Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith: "If he did not know what was going on . . . he was probably the world's most incompetent bureaucrat. If he knew, he is a liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Caught Up in His Past | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

...been visibly stung by an earlier Aquino remark accusing him of cowardice for declining to campaign on the island of Mindanao, a hotbed of the Communist insurgency. Four days later Aquino told a warmly receptive audience of more than 1,200 Rotarians in Manila that Marcos was an "inveterate liar," and summed up her speech with the line "And may the better woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Test for Democracy | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

There were cries of "Liar," "Scab" and "Traitor," and thunderous cheers clashed with raucous catcalls. That was the scene at last week's annual conference of the opposition Labor Party, which quickly developed into a shouting match between supporters of centrist Party Leader Neil Kinnock, 43, and Arthur Scargill, 47, the Marxist president of the National Union of Mineworkers. The most contentious issue at the conference was Scargill's proposal that a future Labor government reimburse the N.U.M. nearly $2 million for court fines and costs stemming from the union's violent yearlong strike, which was broken by the Conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Labor At War with Itself | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

...good feeling that ensued lasted less than a day. Just before the start of a 7:30 meeting the following morning, Jobs handed Sculley a letter stating that several Apple employees were leaving to work for his new company. Apple executives could not contain their ire, shouting "liar" and "deceitful" during the meeting. The outcry convinced Jobs that he could no longer stay at the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaken to the Very Core | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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