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...editors at the famously sleazy tabloid who refused to relinquish control to real estate mogul Abe Hirschfeld, the latest multimillionaire to attempt to take over the paper. In 20 pages of nonstop abuse, Post staffers described Hirschfeld as a "nut," a racist, a deplorable landlord, a hostage taker, a sociopath and an anti-Semite -- a daring allegation, given that Hirschfeld is Jewish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All The News That Spits | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

...BOTTOM LINE: Unflinching close-ups of sociopath, hunter and victims developed by a master of the true-crime drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Close Range | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

...will be a strange irony if the sociopath Saddam outlasts Bush, who attempted to sketch the outlines of a new world order in defeating him. That new world will present future Presidents with more dilemmas like prewar Iraq -- Syria and China are current examples -- where the moral costs of engaging with a thuggish regime must be weighed against the practical chances of coaxing it into the concert of nations -- and making a buck in the meantime. Bush's Iraq policy is not a perfect model for future action, but neither is it a perfect example of what to avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Iraq | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

Anita Hill does not come off as a sociopath. She comes off as a brave, suffering and credible witness. She passed a lie detector test. She is a well-respected law professor. She has four credible witnesses testifying that she had told them about her difficulties with Clarence Thomas when they began...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Take Risks | 10/15/1991 | See Source »

TRUST. Typical Hal Hartley dialogue: "Will you trust me?" "If you trust me first." In this deadpan romance, the writer-director limns the palship of a pregnant high schooler (Adrienne Shelly) and a sociopath genius (Martin Donovan). Another fond sketch of losers from the down-scale version of Woody Allen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 2, 1991 | 9/2/1991 | See Source »

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