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...shrewd intelligence operative, and Panama is an excellent listening post for developments throughout Central America and the Caribbean. But from early on, Noriega seemed to play Uncle Sam for a prize sucker. U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab once remarked that "occasionally, they ((Noriega & Co.)) swing some poor slob out, in effect give him away to make us feel they're cooperating." And once in a while Noriega would assist in the seizure of large amounts of narcotics -- cynics suggest as a way to punish traffickers who did not pay him off. But if charges filed against him are proved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Devil They Knew | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

...Fred Flintstone always wear the same outfit? Was he some kind of slob who never bathed...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Leave it to Davis to Shake up the NFL | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

...because it's all too complicated to figure out. They listen for reliable word of when the market's going to turn (this is what people really want from newsletters, says an editor, the chance to pat a neighbor on the back and say, "I got out, you poor slob"). They listen for the sound of butterfly wings flapping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas, Nevada Stock Tips and Slot Machines | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...airport five minutes before departure." She was so organized -- rarely missing one of the kids' games, throwing labor-intensive birthday parties, volunteering for scoutmaster -- that a friend says she could have run General Motors with time left over. "She always made me feel like a slob," said Marion Chambers, an acquaintance from the Bushes' days in Midland, Texas. Barbara writes thank-you notes the minute she gets home. While other people throw mementos from trips into a box, Barbara has arranged hers in a series of more than 60 giant scrapbooks. It's a wonder she doesn't have more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silver Fox | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

Conrad's arrest is a reminder of the greed that has motivated Americans to spy on their country. West German sources say Conrad was paid "in the six figures" for his secrets. "It's the Walker case revisited," says former CIA Director William Colby, "a slob who sells out his country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clerk Who Knew Too Much | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

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