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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though that progress was slight, the bombers were evidently determined to destroy it. Many Lebanese speculated that General Michel Aoun, the bitterest foe of the Arab League peace plan and the commander of fanatically loyal Christian forces in East Beirut, was behind the killing. Aoun has been outraged that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon A Bomb Aimed at Peace | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

That brutal jerk Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) -- he who almost destroyed Marty's parents' lives in 1955, and from whom Marty rescued them in the earlier film -- has survived into the 21st century too. What's worse, on their voyage into the future Marty and Doc unwittingly provide him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: More Travels with Marty | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

In fact, each concession by Krenz seems to have created a fresh threat to his political survival. The opening of the borders to the West, for example, permitted a torrential outflow of East German marks, carried out by citizens who at last could use them, even at absurdly low rates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Of Turncoats and Scapegoats | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

So hotels have taken advantage of the storm, the insurance money and the low season to hasten renovations. By the end of October, most hotels on St. Thomas and St. John were ready for visitors. While the government boosted its advertising budget 54%, hoteliers even offered guests a money-back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Rebuilding Paradise | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

This is parody, of course, and not just of recent, mole-infested history, but of that other cold war, the one between divorced ex-husbands and their former wives. One of Samson's deep fears has been that Fiona would get custody of their two teenage children and spirit them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spooked by a Crumbling Wall | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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