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...profile throughout the crisis, Saddam Hussein once again succeeded in yanking Israel back to center stage. Only this time, Israel responded by ending its game of hide-and- seek and adopting very public preparations for striking back. "Our pilots are in their cockpits," declared air-force commander Avihu Bin-Nun on state- owned television as he stood in front of a fully armed F-15 equipped with external fuel tanks for the more than 500-mile trip to Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel in The Target Zone | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...more than 34,000 U.S. women chose some form of reconstruction in 1988, up 71% from 1981, according to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Younger patients are particularly drawn to the procedure, though Hugo has reconstructed breasts for women of all ages and types, including a nun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restoring Lost Curves and Confidence | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...government says the money was siphoned from the hefty military aid that Washington gives Israel ($1.8 billion this year), and officials fear the scandal will further strain relations with the U.S. Others have called for air force chief Major General Avihu Bin-Nun's resignation. For now, that seems unlikely, especially given the gulf crisis. In an apologetic letter to his staff last week, Bin-Nun wrote, "I trusted Rami Dotan in exactly the same way that I would trust the aircraft technician from whom I receive a plane before a flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Heavy Turbulence | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

...chintz wallpaper and easier to strip. Consider Margaret Murchie, who is the guest of honor along with her new husband, William Damien, heir to an Australian fortune. Margaret has been linked to three mysterious deaths. She was the last person to see alive her grandmother, her schoolteacher and a nun at the convent where she went to atone for the death of the first two. Now she would be happy to dispatch her wealthy mother-in-law, Hilda Damien, who is expected for dessert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Death Comes With Dessert | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

Once, sitting next to a nun, I opened my notebook and three unwrapped condoms fell into my lap. There is no doubt that my "roommates love to play these wacky practical jokes" story, though true, fell on deaf ears. She spent the next 45 minutes in the rest room...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: On the Road Again | 11/21/1990 | See Source »

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