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...inconceivable that Saddam would have voluntarily disarmed subsequent to the weapons inspectors' departure from Iraq four years ago. This dictator bullyboy has needed weapons of fear for his political survival. Leopards don't change their spots! Stewart Caro Cardiff, Wales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 16, 2002 | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...annoying me. It's like being interviewed by the biggest snotty bullyboy in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Q&A Natalie Merchant | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...from Morse code into Gregg shorthand, but I don't think that has much to do with his having grown up on the Plains. After all, Senator Arlen Specter was also raised right there in Russell, Kansas, and when Specter reflects on some incidents in his life--say, his bullyboy cross-examination of Anita Hill--he must suspect that he might have been overburdened with the gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOU CAN'T BLAME KANSAS | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...pots and all the kettles are black. Viacom had a point when it sued Malone last week, accusing him of "bullyboy" monopolism (Malone not only is the country's largest cable-system operator, but owns significant chunks of a dozen basic cable channels, and with Paramount would get half the USA Network). But Viacom enjoys a pretty monopolistic lock on the music-video business with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectator Ego Is of Paramount Importance | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...chasm that has opened between Clinton and the men and women who cover him is explained by more than the White House mistakes and the press's bullyboy tendencies. For one thing, this President and his young staff don't really seem to like journalists very much. On election night a photographer asked campaign strategist James Carville to move slightly so he could get a shot of the victor. Carville refused and later bragged that since the Clintonites had won the election, they "didn't need the press anymore." That feeling was apparently shared by others. Practically the first thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: Clinton vs. the Press | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

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