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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The welcome in Marrakesh, winter capital of King Hassan II, was noticeably less effusive. Hassan, fearful of provoking dissidents at home and angering radical Arab neighbors by consorting with a pariah, had reluctantly invited the Shah to visit him for a day or two of "conferences." The press was barred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Home Thoughts from Abroad | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

A dashing figure whom a friend once called a "panther with an I.Q. of 180," Abu Hassan had not only dispensed terror, but lived with it for years. "I really need a vacation," he remarked a year ago, "maybe a beach in Brazil or the Caribbean. But I can'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Death of a Terrorist | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Some time on Jan. 17, the P L O believes, Penelope met with Scriver and Kolberg and told them what she had observed of Abu Hassan's movements on the Rue Verdun. After that, Scriver apparently drove his rented Volkswagen to a secret garage, equipped it with explosives and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Death of a Terrorist | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Stiller's secret-police credentials had cleared him through an inspection by East German guards at the platform gate. Ten minutes after the train arrived, Stiller and his family got off at the Zoological Garden station, the first main stop in West Berlin. From there, waiting West German agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: The S-Bahn Spy | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, a notorious workaholic, took time off from preparing for the current budget debate to watch the show. So did Opposition Leader Helmut Kohl. In all, an estimated 14 million West Germans, plus 3 million people in areas of East Germany tuned in last week for Holocaust, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Horror Show | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

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