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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, Haddad is completely dependent on Israel's military and economic support. A group of his officers, gathered in Bennt Jbail for a briefing, wore Israeli khaki jackets with Haddad's Christian militia shoulder insignia; one was in jeans and several sported cowboy boots. About 70% of the people who live in Free Lebanon are Shi'ite Muslims; to the area's Christian minority of 33,000, Haddad is nothing short of a hero. In Marjayoun, several young militiamen gathered around pinball machines to talk about their leader. "We are so thankful for Major Haddad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Bouncer at Israel's Gate | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...develop in the fashion that it did. But faced with the fact, these counselors said, he should broaden the issue and confront the problem of the Cuban mercenaries operating in Africa. For a moment, according to one witness, his interest was roused, but in the end he would not shoulder the burden of confronting the Soviets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Assessing a Presidency | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...Standing shoulder to shoulder in the hot, crowded Cathedral of San Petronio in Bologna last week, they formed a frieze that has become all too familiar to Italians: the country's political leaders attending a memorial service for terrorist victims. This time there was a tragic difference of degree. The funeral was for those who died in the explosion that ripped through the Bologna train station on Aug. 2, killing 79 persons and wounding at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Bologna's Grief | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...call for disciplinary action or referral for criminal proceedings if a committee concludes that there was a violation. "Every time an officer uses a firearm," says Lieut. Thomas Flanagan of the New York police department, "he knows that a lot of people will be looking over his shoulder to see if he did right." In New York, fatal shootings by police dropped from 93 in 1971-the year before the department adopted a new deadly force policy-to 28 last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: To Shoot or Not to Shoot | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...specific cuts, Browne looks back over his shoulder at a number of earlier songs, and reexamines both his Armageddon and the sorts of hold-outs who survive. He opens with "Disco Apocalypse," a "self-mocking parody" and skeptical glance backward at "Before the Deluge," in which the dreamers and fools with the energy of the innocent struggle to deliver Mother Earth from the hands of her defilers. With this "affectionate nod to disco." Browne turns to those caught in the sounds and sights of the avenue: Hearts beating to a disco drummer, they wait for the end of the world...

Author: By Jess Taylor, | Title: Jaded Ingenue | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

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