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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Israeli collaborator, and Abu Nidal also called the assassination "a warning" to Arafat and Hussein. Some Israeli sources, however, did not rule out Arafat's own Fatah organization as the culprit. Had the mainstream P.L.O. wanted to hit back at Hussein, Mayor al Masri would have been a logical target. Not only had his appointment received Jordan's tacit approval, but his family is part of the Jordanian Establishment. His elder brother Hikmat is deputy speaker of the Jordanian upper house, and his nephew Taher is Hussein's Foreign Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Grief and Anger in Nablus | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

Meitner (18 goals, 25 assists) will probably be the first target for any revenge-minded Crimson icemen tomorrow...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Looking to Knock the High-Riding Knights | 3/13/1986 | See Source »

...able to crank a circulating beam of protons up to velocities as high as one-third the speed of light. By focusing the penetrating but low-intensity beam on the documents and then analyzing the spray of the X rays emitted when the protons collide with atoms in the target, Historian Richard Schwab and Physicist Thomas Cahill can determine in remarkable detail the chemical composition of both ink and paper, without damaging either. That composition, they have shown, holds the key to many bibliographic mysteries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beaming in on the Past | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

Although Brezhnev was not mentioned once by name, the late party leader was a prime target of Gorbachev's scorn. Said he: "For a number of years, the deeds and actions of party and government bodies tailed behind the needs of the times and of life . . . The situation called for change, but a peculiar psychology--how to improve things without changing anything--took the upper hand." His final warning: "We have to part ways with those who hope that everything will settle down and return to the old lines. That will not happen, comrades." Even to the staunchest members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union A Tough Customer Shows His Stuff | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

...usually crisp passes--which have aided histeammates to 35 tallies this season--weren't on target...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: He Just Wahz-n't Enough | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

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