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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Atmani may be the man American police are still searching for: an accomplice, thought possibly to have fled from the ferry--along with "sleeper" associates already hiding somewhere in the U.S. It's likely that at least one other person would have been required to transform the volatile chemicals in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Year's Evil? | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

So what is? The Administration wants to be seen doing something, but any real counterterrorism must of necessity be kept secret. Part of the noise is psywar to put terrorist wannabes on notice, part is Washington's habitual CYA--cover your you-know-what. Says a senior U.S. official: "We...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Year's Evil? | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

This was, however, an unusual election, and not just in the outcome. Outwardly democratic, it was in fact an exercise in political ruthlessness. The TV marathons that tracked Unity's surge were the nearest to Western-style elections that these polls got. Much of the campaign was an enigma. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Election Surprise | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

The "technology" worked. While the Unity Party ended up neck and neck with the communists, Fatherland-All Russia came in a disappointing third. It was an expression of what Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev described as Russia's split soul: torn between the attraction of anarchy on the one hand and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Election Surprise | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

Unity's leaders, almost invisible during the campaign, were silent after it. It is a peculiar party. Unity has virtually no platform, almost no organization (especially in contrast to the nation's Communist Party) and only a handful of visible leaders. What it does have is the backing of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Election Surprise | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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