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...prisoner emerged brandishing a snub-nosed handgun. He disarmed his guards--two of whom had black belts in karate--and ordered the pilot to fly the American Airlines DC-10 to Cuba. Thus Ishmail Muslim Ali, 37, formerly known as Ishmael La Beet, once again made headlines as the Virgin Islands' most notorious criminal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hijackings: Seeking Haven in Havana | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

Looking tanned and relaxed after a postelection vacation in the Virgin Islands, Ferraro told the enthusiastic audience of 1,300 that she rejected the popular perception that the Democratic ticket lost because it clung to the gospel of Big Government. "Read the speeches," she said. "We didn't call for massive new federal jobs programs, but for more responsible monetary, fiscal and trade policies to promote and strengthen the private sector." In the course of her half-hour address, Ferraro spelled out her vision of the party's future. Some excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stand on Principles | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

...snaps at anyone who tries to peer through what was once a window. The destruction seems haphazard. A completely undamaged kitchen with a green refrigerator opens into the hulk of a demolished bedroom. Fragments of lives are scattered everywhere, here a flowered water jug, there a statue of the Virgin Mary, her severed head resting a few steps away from her folded, praying hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Fire in the Dawn Sky | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

ENGAGED. Maxine Isaacs, 36, press secretary to Walter Mondale's presidential campaign; and James A. Johnson, 40, Mondale's reserved, cerebral campaign chairman; it will be the second marriage for both. The Mondales, vacationing in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, delightedly made the announcement last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 26, 1984 | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...level, The Terminator is a hip retelling of the D Annunciation: Sarah is a blissed-out Virgin Mary, John is her divine son, and Reese the messenger angel sent to impregnate Sarah with the holy word. But there is plenty of tech-noir savvy to keep infidels and action fans satisfied. The violence is copious, clean and discreet. Director James Cameron (who wrote the script with Producer Gale Anne Kurd) has a superefficient editing style that uses slow motion, pixilation and infra-red opticals to make this the smartest looking L.A. nighttown movie since The Driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Girl of Steel vs. Man of Iron | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

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