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...waiting to distribute his manuscript. As soon as the cult leader has finished decoding the symbolism of the seven seals in the Book of Revelation, FBI agents surrounding the compound near Waco, Texas, where Koresh and his Branch Davidian cult are holed up, will pick up the longhand manuscript and convey it to Koresh's lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, who will present it to two noted biblical experts for evaluation. Then, Koresh promises, he and 95 followers will finally surrender to federal authorities. That would end a siege that, as of Saturday night, had lasted 49 days -- five days longer than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Branch Davidians: The End Is Near? | 4/26/1993 | See Source »

...Clarence Thomas was cramming for his Senate confirmation grilling? The right thing. During his own trial by klieg lights last year, Souter received more than 1,000 letters. Friends say the quiet jurist spent this summer holed up at home in Weare, N.H., answering each and every one -- in longhand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kind of Guy a Mother Would Love | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

...dozens of shell companies, offshore banks, branches and subsidiaries in 70 countries. It was incomprehensible even to its own financial officers and auditors. The bank's extensive use of unregulated Cayman Islands accounts enabled it to hide almost anything. The bank's complex organization and unique method of accounting -- longhand in paper ledgers, written in Pakistan's Urdu language -- make it unlikely that most of the missing money will be traced. Nor is it likely that anyone will ever know just how much Abedi, who has incorporated a new bank, called the Progressive Bank, in Karachi, stole from the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: B.C.C.I.: The Dirtiest Bank of All | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

Foley was prepared; he and fellow Democrats George Mitchell and Richard Gephardt, the Senate and House majority leaders, had worked out a presentation in advance. After an hour of discussion, Budget Director Richard Darman wrote out a draft of a formal statement in longhand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush: Eating His Words | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

...consulted through the years. Whenever he needs sophisticated guidance about the far-flung settings of his novels or the kind of characters who populate those worlds, Le Carre travels to the scene of intrigue, seeks out the best reporters he can find and interviews them thoroughly, taking voluminous longhand notes. "It has followed by chance that they are TIME people," he explains. "It's because TIME has the knack of hiring very good local people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Jun 26 1989 | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

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