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After the stormy parliamentary session, Ryzhkov and a grim-looking Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Abalkin hinted that disaster would result if the Shatalin plan were approved without changes. Abalkin warned that trying an unsuccessful form of "shock treatment" might leave "the populace and the government allergic to the market idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Beyond Perestroika | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

Dropping its usual secrecy, the Pentagon quickly leaked word of the operation, boasting that the planes had accomplished their mission to "stun, disorient and confuse" the enemy and that they had done so with pinpoint accuracy. But some Air Force pilots consider the plane so unstable in flight that they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bombing Run on Congress | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

Predock says he talks about UFOs and "magic lines of power" mainly "to disorient myself and my colleagues so new thoughts can enter into the soup." He is open to a wider, wilder array of ideas than any of his successful peers. Predock's great accomplishment lies not just in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: An Architect for the New Age | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

In El Salvador, the report notes, journalists, church workers, women, children and teachers have been victims of abuse by various governmental defense organizations and paramilitary units. The methods include sexual abuse, the use of chemicals to disorient people, mock executions and burning of flesh with sulfuric acid.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Human Rights: Torture: a Worldwide Epidemic | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

Ironically, by resigning, Suárez may have made his most effective appeal yet to fellow coalition members to quit their constant infighting. In an emotional televised speech, Sudrez chastised U.C.D. critics and said that continued attacks on the government "could disorient public opinion, which approves the democratic system." As...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Bold Departure | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

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