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...dinosaur? Anyone who has ever acted on instinct and called it common sense. Everyone who has ever been zealous, fiercely loyal, ruthless, or even submissive or terrified at work. In examining the corporate stomping grounds, the book dredges up some worthwhile wisdom from the tar pits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I See, I Want, I Get - Maybe | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...Vietnamese troops, who invaded Kampuchea a decade ago. But to that end, Washington backed an unholy alliance of resistance forces, linking two non- Communist groups with the Khmer Rouge. Those genocidal ultra-Maoists are the best organized and best armed of the guerrillas, not to mention the most ruthless. So there has always been the possibility that they would come out on top after the Vietnamese withdrew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: The Killing Fields Revisited | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

When officers entered the darkness of the 15-by-25-ft. shack, they found a squat iron kettle whose contents suggested that more than just a band of ruthless killers had been at work. Inside the pot, resting in dried blood, were a charred human brain and a roasted turtle. Other containers held a witch's brew of human hair, a goat's head and chicken parts. After arresting and questioning four suspects, the Mexican police pieced together a horrific tale of a voodoo-practicing cult of drug smugglers who believed that orgies of human sacrifice would win satanic protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cult of The Red-Haired Devil | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

Gingrich had this to say last week when questioned about Speaker Wright: "I will be...ruthless when ethics are involved...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: The GOP's Changing Guard | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

...Republican party leadership is changing. Reasonable politicians like House Minority Leader Bob Michel (R-Ill.) and Madigan are out, and ruthless political hotshots such as Gingrich, Republican National Committee Chair Lee Atwater and Republican National Congressional Committee head Ed Rollins are in. These people are largely responsible for the sludge-throwing contest American politics has turned into today...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: The GOP's Changing Guard | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

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