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...mass destruction the Bush Administration used as a rationale for invading Iraq - is bogus. Now, dammit, he'll find what's behind that ruse, even if his life is threatened by renegade Baathists and the American high command. Soon he's a one-man army, going rogue or Rambo, dodging not-so-friendly fire and outwrestling an Iraqi thug. He's Bourne again, in Baghdad. (See pictures of the U.S. troops in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Zone: Bourne Takes Baghdad | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...years, Wilson's murder has been surrounded by intrigue. Shortly after the abduction, a wealthy Australian businessman offered to pay the $150,000 ransom the Khmer Rouge holdouts were demanding. Retired Australian commandos proposed launching a Rambo-style rescue mission. Opportunistic local middlemen muddled the ransom talks, communicating inflated figures to both sides so they could pocket the difference. Wilson's abduction occurred at a time when foreign journalists and adventurous travelers were returning to Cambodia to witness the country's Wild West atmosphere. The nation had just returned to being a nominally self-governed democracy following years of civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1994 Murder of Aussie by Khmer Rouge Re-Examined | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...Congratulations. You've just hired Rambo." - An unnamed city official, to New York's corrections commissioner after hiring Kerik as a deputy. (New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bernard Kerik | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

There have been reports of this new breed of lifeguards carrying out several rescues already this summer, with local papers proudly chronicling the hairy heroics. Rambo, an 11-month-old Labrador, helped save a drowning 47-year-old bather near the east-coast city of Foggia, while Massi, a Newfoundland, and Labrador Romeo were patrolling the super-chic Amalfi coast aboard a motorized, rubber coast-guard raft when they helped two would-be victims. Other four-legged studs have offered staged demonstrations of water safety for vacationers near Venice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canine Lifeguards Hit Italy's Beaches | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

...eggs; incubators, in his opinion, not only result in weaker birds, but also make it impossible to "convince" the geese that they're wild. Presented with a still wet Stone Barns chick, pulled from its heating tray, he shakes his head sadly. "If you wanted to raise a baby Rambo, would you want him living rough out in the country or coddled in an intensive-care unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ethical Foie Gras Happen in America? | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

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