Word: tyrants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first, my only solace was my buddies on the crew. We were a scrappy bunch at currier House. But as soon as we got too close we were separated by our captain--a tyrant named Josh who exhibited classic manifestations of short man's complex (one of the many valuable psychology lessons Dorm Crew has to offer...
...time Noriega gets done with the system, this case will do more damage to American justice than he could possibly have done as a dictator," complains New York University law professor Burt Neuborne, former legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Justice Department officials insist that the deposed tyrant will be tried strictly on the merits of the indictment, but some in Washington admit that the trial is profoundly political. "The guy was a de facto head of state," says an Administration official. "So how can you say the trial isn't political...
...head the CIA, Pete Rose is out of jail, and the big news from the Middle East again concerns the possibility of a negotiated peace among Arabs and Jews. And, of course, there is still Saddam -- beaten but unbowed, as arrogant and ruthless as ever, a defiant, devious tyrant tempting another U.S. strike that would aim to complete the job begun in January...
...Prime Minister was one of the few people to weep for Mengistu, whose brutal 14-year dictatorship -- the last hard-line Marxist-Leninist regime in Africa -- had turned his nation of 51 million people into a wasteland of famine and internecine fighting. In the streets, hundreds celebrated the tyrant's departure, cheering as workmen dismantled a huge bronze statue of Lenin in one of the capital's main squares. The Israeli government took advantage of the confusion to launch a massive airlift of some 14,000 Ethiopian Jews who had fearfully gathered near the Israeli embassy (10,000 had been...
...RATIONAL PEOPLE agree that Saddam Hussein is a ruthless tyrant who remains a threat to Middle East peace. In fact, the Democratic Congress urged the Bush Administration for years to cut off aid to Iraq for its blatant human rights abuses. Why did President Bush steadfastly support Saddam until the invasion of the Kuwaiti oil fields...