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...messianic vision, like the turbans in which he wraps himself, does not camouflage his vicious methods and his ruthless fanaticism. He believes his own erratic ends are justified by any means, however bloody. He has become the modern-day incarnation of the Society of Assassins, which flourished from the 11th to the 13th century in the Middle East, only his victims are random and spread over the entire map. The primary tool of his effort to achieve Islamic unity and the elimination of Israel is terrorism. Gaddafi regards himself not only as the last great hope of pan-Islam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaddafi: Obsessed By a Ruthless, Messianic Vision | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...billion in 1980 to an estimated $110 billion last year. Last week Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who visited the U.S. to confer with Secretary of State George Shultz, called the oil plunge a threat to peace in the Middle East and urged Western countries to begin a modern-day Marshall Plan to aid the region, using some of the money saved by lower oil prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheap Oil! | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...front of a Carpenter Center audience of 200 Thursday night, McGillis discussed the measures she took to prepare to play the role "Rachel" in Witness, the highly acclaimed film of Amish people caught up in a modern-day murder scam. She chose to live away from the film production company and stay with an Amish widow on a Pennsylvania farm...

Author: By Lea A. Saslav, | Title: Actress Bears Witness to Hollywood Stardom | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

Meanwhile, in Manila, Marcos said yesterday that sore losers and "modern-day imperialists" in foreign capitals are trying to taint his election victory. The critics he castigated say he won by fraud...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Arrest Murdered Son of Filipino | 2/22/1986 | See Source »

...homage as their 1986 Man of the Year. Stallone has "strengthened the bond between himself and the American public," the Theatricals press release reads, "introducing yet another solid and unforgettable character to American cinema." Unforgettable or unforgiveable, Stallone's Rambo flashes across our big screen culture--a modern-day excuse for a Hercules...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: The Theatricals' Hasty Choice | 1/30/1986 | See Source »

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