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...drugs, corruption and poverty. He lived with most of his 300 adherents on a commune on the edge of Port-of-Spain, where he commandeered government land to build a mosque, schools and shops. In recent weeks he was said to have become increasingly upset at official attempts to reclaim the land and at Robinson's failure to address the needs of the poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trinidad and Tobago: Captain, the Ship Is Sinking | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

...family moved in eleven years ago. But the Musches, who pay $92 a month in rent for their 1,658-sq.-ft. space, may soon find themselves on the street. Hilmar Schneider, the owner of the house, who left the East in 1961 and lives in Kiel, wants to reclaim his home -- and perhaps sell it. He has agreed to let the Musches stay on for now but has rejected their offer to buy the place for $89,000 -- barely half the estimated market value. "In the long run," concedes Musch, "I don't think I have a chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Whose House Is This Anyway? | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

Real estate is not the only battleground. A law passed in March stipulates that former owners may reclaim businesses seized by the Communists; about 50,000 petitions are expected. State-owned enterprises have been placed under the control of a new government authority, the Treuhandanstalt, which will liquidate uneconomic plants and shift viable businesses toward private enterprise. So far, however, only a fraction of the 9,000 or so targeted firms have been privatized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Whose House Is This Anyway? | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

...about a cute creature who battles his evil brethren to save Manhattan. You may read that RoboCop 2 is about a police officer, half man, half machine, who battles his evil robot twin to save Detroit. You may have heard that Total Recall is about Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to reclaim his memory and save Mars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Revenge of The Dyna-Movies | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...when Sorensen returns from Sweden this September to reclaim the departmental reigns from Acting Chair Orlando Patterson, he will have to take on the emotional and professional scars of the last year...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Disciplines Clash in Memo War | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

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