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...time to kill you. For much the same reason, do not attempt to use karate or judo against the mugger. Even expert fighters are not skilled enough to disarm a mugger unless the element of surprise is on their side. Admits Gerry Armstrong, 31, of Miramar, Fla., a martial-arts instructor with 19 years of experience: "If someone pulls a gun and tells me to hand up my wallet, he can have it. A bullet travels faster than my foot...
...grueling skyjacking climaxes opposition to his martial...
...hijacking climaxed nearly a month of mounting unrest in Pakistan, the most serious wave of opposition that General Zia's martial-law regime has faced since it came to power in a military takeover in 1977. The ferment began with a secret meeting in Lahore of representatives of seven opposition parties. With all political activity outlawed for the past 18 months, some politicians had to circumvent travel bans, while others sent surrogates...
...parties set aside their numerous differences and issued a call for an end to martial law and for elections within three months. "We demand that Zia quit immediately," they declared, "failing which [the military rulers] will be removed by the irresistible will of the people." They then announced the formation of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (M.R.D.), aiming to galvanize the population into strikes, demonstrations and civil disobedience...
...John Paul was feted at a formal reception in Malacanang Palace, the glittering presidential mansion. With the Marcoses seated stiffly at his side, he scolded the President in some of the sternest language that diplomacy admits. He said that he was pleased at "recent initiatives"-meaning the lifting of martial law-but proceeded to challenge the rationale upon which Marcos had built his strongman rule. "A legitimate preoccupation with the security of the state," warned the Pontiff, "could lead to the temptation to subjugate the people, their dignity and their rights to the state." Discarding a prepared reply, Marcos seemed...