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Psychologists suggest that the killer is a "borderline" personality, someone who can function nearly normally in the day-to-day world. Like John Hinckley, who was also described as "borderline," the Tylenol killer can appear outwardly conventional. He may undergo transient psychosis intermixed with healthy intervals. Herbert Quay, professor of psychology at the University of Miami, notes chillingly: "My guess is that there are people around the killer right now who think he or she is odd, but not a threat to their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait of a Poisoner | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

...shape Viet Nam's economic development to their liking, but they are far enough away from Hanoi to be able to chart their own path. The broken remnants of the city's old bourgeoisie often gather at dusk along the Saigon River's Bach Dang Quay to watch the unloading of rusty freighters and talk business. They have endured, and they still hope some day to prosper once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Defiant Saigon | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...were daft. I backed up behind him and riffled the pages of the dictionary for small, just to keep things going, but he had turned back to his line, staring down at the float with such determination that I gave up and hurried down the quay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Frisbee over Moscow | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

...years of TIME assignments in half a dozen capitals, found that British campaigns had hardly changed since he covered them for the Associated Press. White was with Foreign Secretary David Owen when that Labor candidate for a parliamentary seat in Plymouth, Devon, pumped constituents' hands on the historic quay where, on Sept. 6, 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World. Owen, reports White, drew fewer bystanders than did the nearby Mayflower memorial plaque. "After all," says White, "it's the tourist season here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 14, 1979 | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...dockside area, Owen is surrounded by fishermen who protest the expansion of a public toilet on the quay because it will rob the loading area of space. Owen promises to look into it, knowing full well that he is not gaining much ground with the men, most of whom normally vote Conservative. Still, he professes confidence. "As the campaign goes on," he insists, "more people will distrust the Tory line. We are closing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Clarion Calls | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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