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...Moody, given the kind of question you're asking, I gather you have this image of Gilberto Rodriguez, chief of a drug cartel. You'll be disappointed. I am not a narco trafficker, let alone the chief of a drug cartel. Neither am I a megalomaniac. Therefore I am not pleased when people try to portray me as an evil, intelligent, powerful man who has an unlimited fortune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day with the Chess Player | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...Saddam] is a megalomaniac madman dictator," he says. "He should be exterminated...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: War Strikes Close to Home for Kuwaiti Student | 1/23/1991 | See Source »

...close down thousands of factories and utility plants, causing mass unemployment and no little additional poverty. A price run-up or supply restriction sharp enough could touch off a similar worldwide recession -- and an inflationary recession to boot. That power cannot be put into the hands of a megalomaniac who can be trusted to deal with anyone who might try to stop him by squeezing in the most vulnerable spot. And if Saddam Hussein gets away with his seizure of Kuwait, he will be master not only of the supplies from that nation and his own Iraq, but also, through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Case for War | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...obsession with security, which includes periodic purges of the party and the military, may merely be prudent, though some analysts see hints of paranoia. Yet most are convinced that Saddam is cunningly sane. "He is not a lunatic," says a high- ranking Israeli intelligence official. "He is a megalomaniac, but he is rational." Concurs Philip Robins, head of Middle East programs at the London- based Royal Institute of International Affairs: "He is not driven by ideology or whim. He coldly calculates every move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Sword of the Arabs | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...also the ultimate sellout. Donald J. Trump is a money-mongering megalomaniac. Greed incarnate. A symbol of the decline of Western civilization. A union-busting, low-income tenantevicting real estate speculator. One of Them...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: One Trump, No Heart | 4/4/1990 | See Source »

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