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...conducted house-to-house searches for dissidents. The soldiers even invaded Nkomo's home, where they killed an employee and ransacked the property. That night Nkomo, who had gone into hiding before the army arrived, told reporters that the Mugabe government was trying to kill him and wipe out his party, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). Nkomo, who last month had been prevented from leaving Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of the Soviet-sponsored World Peace Council in Prague, added that he would remain in hiding but had no intention of fleeing the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zimbabwe: Nkomo Goes into Exile | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

...segment that seems adapted for Masterpiece Theater. Brownshirted Nazis burst into the Vienna apartment of the founder of psychoanalysis, growling about "rich dirty Jews." They are cowed by Frau Freud's response: "We're middle-class clean Jews. That is why I ask you to wipe your feet." The master's cures are just as brisk and effective, the ideal length for docudrama. "You don't want to die," Freud assures a patient, "you want to get back into your mother." From the couch comes the reply, "You're sure?" The doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dividing Gall into Three Parts | 3/21/1983 | See Source »

...Bisharat seems not to see this, for he argues that Israel, fearful of peace with the PLO, sought to wipe out this increasingly viable negotiating partner. It is clear that the Begin Government is not exactly enamored with the prospect of co-existing with a Palestinian state on the West Bank, but then, let us fairly note, the PLO is equally (if not more) hesitant about accepting Israel as a neighbor. Neither is ready to negotiate, but Israel loses little by delay. The PLO, on the other hand, in refusing to cease calling for Israel's destruction, demonstrates that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defending Israel | 3/19/1983 | See Source »

...gave him dirty looks, so he just continued to gulp down his soup and wipe his nose. None of us really knew...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: 113 Tickets For My Friends | 3/2/1983 | See Source »

...those nine, six were in the opening seven events of the evening, as the Crimson flexed its version of muscle to wipe up LaSalle very early...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Men's Swimming | 2/19/1983 | See Source »

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