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...cylinders, but only ten of them exploded. Very little was left of Suicide Driver Raad Muftin Ajeel but a fragment of one of his fingers. That was enough for police to identify the terrorist and, apparently, to round up most of his accomplices. While handling the case with singular aplomb, the Kuwaitis also detained scores of suspected dissidents for questioning and deported hundreds of others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Persian Gulf: Gallows Humor | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...hospital, but must remain in Pittsburgh indefinitely for checkups three times a week. Doctors are encouraged by the fact that Stormie's cholesterol level is declining; they hope that the wartlike bumps will soon begin to disappear. Scientists across the country meanwhile expect to learn from her singular experience. "It was FH patients like Stormie who taught us how cholesterol is controlled in normal people," says Molecular Geneticist Michael Brown of the University of Texas. "Science very frequently advances by studying the most extreme cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A One-in-a-Million Worst Case | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

There is also the matter of his singular personality. Mahre went on: "I don't know an athlete in this village who actually likes the guy." Canadian Downhiller Todd Brooker said he did not like Johnson either, and that with his present style he could never win a demanding race like the Hahnenkamm. But he added, "You've got to give the guy credit. It's one thing to be so goddam sure of yourself and another to be absolutely right. He was definitely the best skier on the course today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The High and Mighty | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

That one of the problems of governing today is the excessive partisanship of Republicans and Democrats seems not to have bothered the television impresarios, who appear determined to make the campaign the biggest Gong Show of this singular year. "Politics became fun," burbled Washington Post TV Critic Tom Shales. "National fun on live TV . . . nearly as action-packed as The A-Team." Will the political handlers, consultants, producers and scriptwriters-a flourishing industry now in league with the media-turn this campaign into a litany of despair, with each candidate exaggerating America's problems in order to sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Politics as Gong Show | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

Reagan has abandoned any private coyness about his candidacy ("If I decide to run . .."). Returning from California last week, he spoke frankly with his advisers about the upcoming campaign for a second term. In a singular way he is exhilarated by the promise of political combat. It gets him out of Washington and into the fuselage of the majestic Air Force One, no little joy. "It sure beats TWA," says an aide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Using Hope Against Adversity | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

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