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...commission was impaneled last May after the Supreme Court freed a Muslim army officer who had been imprisoned for seven years on the basis of perjured testimony by Shin Bet agents. The three-man panel condemned Shin Bet's habit of lying in court but agreed that "moderate" physical and psychological coercion is necessary to extract information. "The view prevails that there is an unavoidable need to use physical pressure in interrogations," the commission concluded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Let's Get Physical | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...streets and chants of "Liberty!" filled the air. Duvalier's departure ended 28 years of totalitarian rule and brought hope to Haitians that the military, which helped bring down the dictator, would cooperate in rebuilding their impoverished country. Today, however, despair and confusion once again grip Haiti. The three-man provisional government headed by Lieut. General Henri Namphy is worse than ineffectual; the elections scheduled for next month threaten to turn into a sham; and the forces of order, as in Duvalier's days, continue to terrorize the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti A Rumbling in the Belly of the Beast | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...beast," he says. Many Haitians, however, feel that Ambroise's optimism is misguided, and some have suggested boycotting the elections. To prevent that, several popular coalitions recommended a reform of the provisional regime, including the possible resignation of General Williams Regala, the least popular member of the three-man government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti A Rumbling in the Belly of the Beast | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

Whether using a two or three-man line, Kramer and company will be eyeing a repeat trip to the NCAA Championships--a long shot for any team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Starting and Scoring | 10/9/1987 | See Source »

Their teamwork paid off again last week. Even while the shooting continued in the streets of Manila, batches of film from a three-man team of photographers were being flown to Seoul, about four hours away. After telephone discussions with Richer, Moyer and TIME Photographer Ed Kim selected the photos that most dramatically illustrated what was happening in the Philippine capital. Then in a photo lab in downtown Seoul, Moyer, Kim and a team of technicians began the high-tech wizardry of transmitting the color photos to New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Sep. 7, 1987 | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

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