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...point, "in my opinion, you want us to blow up everything right here! You have 1 1/2 hours to let us take off for Paris -- until 9:40." The negotiators succeeded in pushing back the ultimatum by agreeing to supply more food and water, empty the toilets and provide vacuum cleaners for the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Anatomy of a Hijack | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...Christmas promise of a middle-class tax break and wholesale cuts in Cabinet departments only seemed to ratify the G.O.P. agenda. Senate majority leader Bob Dole, meanwhile, has been distracted by travel and fund raising in pursuit of his presidential ambitions, and is playing the cautious establishmentarian. Into this vacuum Gingrich gladly rushes, seizing the initiative and setting Washington's agenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man with a Vision | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...Tool Man might say, the trouble with drywall sanding is that it makes a terrible mess. Porter-Cable has solved the problem with a new sander whose built-in vacuum device captures the dust as it goes along. It is available at most retail repair outlets for weekend rentals by do-it-yourself home improvers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Products of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

...Nothing happens in a vacuum," Harvard University Police Chief Paul E. Johnson said yesterday. "Somebody who knows something has to come forward. That's what we're depending on right...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Officials Call for Student Help on Mather Slurs | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

...Irish parliament elected a conservative prime minister today, filling a month-old vacuum that threatened to derail the Northern Ireland peace process. John Bruton, leader of the Fine Gael party and the new P.M., is on the record as supporting the peace process that's been underway since September when the Irish Republican Army declared a ceasefire. Still, he has criticized the quick pace with which his predecessor, Albert Reynolds, embraced the IRA. Reynolds lost his seat in a scandal last month over the extradition of an alleged child-abusing Roman Catholic priest. Bruton was elected to head his country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRELAND GETS CONSERVATIVE CHIEF | 12/15/1994 | See Source »

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