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One minute away, the whizzo tells his pilot that the computer is locked on to the target. The pilot presses a button on his throttle, turning command of the plane's bomb-release mechanism over to the computer. As the plane roars toward its target, the bombs are released to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Lethal Video Game | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

The two F-15 fighters thundered down the runway of King Abdul Aziz Air Base and rose steeply into the skies above the gulf. The flashy maneuver, conducted last week for visiting American Vice President George Bush, displayed the impressive might of a Saudi Arabian air force that has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia Facing a Double-Barreled Gun | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

Events are moving swiftly in Venezuela too. No sooner did Caracas refinance nearly two-thirds of its $35 billion foreign debt last February than plummeting oil prices made the agreement obsolete. The free fall is knocking at least $5 billion off the country's petroleum revenues, which account for more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poor Little Energy-Rich Kids | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

The victory of the LaRouche candidates left the Democratic Party in agitated disarray and may torpedo Stevenson's chances. Though candidates for statewide offices in Illinois are chosen individually, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor must run in tandem in November. Stevenson is considering forming a third party, a complicated maneuver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics From the Twilight Zone | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

DESPITE THE LIMITATIONS of the cast, the play is hilarious. Unfortunately, many of these laughs seem to come at the expense of the script, and some of them come at the expense of the cast. The set for the first half of the play is remarkable only for the number...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: One Dark Night in Scotland | 3/14/1986 | See Source »

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