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...nothing in such disclosures, even in the immediate aftermath of the subway attack, could have prepared the Japanese for what police now believe. The man in the deep pink pajama suit seems to be the incarnation of that implausible villain in thriller novels: a megalomaniac who marshaled money, scientific expertise and loyal followers to act out his prophecies of doom and destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOKO ASAHARA: ENGINEER OF DOOM | 6/12/1995 | See Source »

...people of Cuba, who fight every day simply to survive and find food not because of an American embargo but because of the selfish policies of a megalomaniac, deserve no less...

Author: By Manuel F. Cachan, | Title: Keep the Screws on Castro | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...eyes of the Western world, Vladimir Zhirinovsky is a loudmouth megalomaniac somewhere between Benito Mussolini and Archie Bunker. Rising from the murk of obscurity in post-Cold War Soviet politics, Zhirinovsky pulled himself out of the depths with threaRTLĂ„o restore Russia's imperial borders, retake Alaska, partition Poland and even employ large fans to blow radioactive waste across Russia and into the Baltic states. Such threats had become trademark Zhirinovsky moves, ignored by many. But since last December when Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party captured 25% of the vote in the party preference poll, Russian liberals...

Author: By Jay Heath, | Title: Zhirinovsky A Bully, Not Despot | 7/12/1994 | See Source »

...Today, in Russia, another ultranationalist, anti-Semitic megalomaniac is fast growing in popularity even as he models himself on the Fuhrer's image...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Hitler's Russian Protege | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...Margaret Thatcher told Bush on the eve of the Gulf War, now is not the time to waver. This time, however, the enemy is not some megalomaniac dictator, but the tyranny of American public opinion...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, | Title: Foreign Policy by Poll | 11/16/1993 | See Source »

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