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...show Saddam Hussein one last time that he was not to be trifled with. Saddam, fully relishing the irony that his own reign would outlast that of his chief nemesis, could not resist tweaking Bush. This time Bush had no patience for the game and ordered a bombing raid that -- at least briefly -- forced Saddam to retreat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spanking for Saddam | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

...enforcement. After Schwartz left the U.S. prosecutor's office in 1985 to join a private investigation firm, one of his first moves was to help a devious client provoke a criminal probe against a business rival. As a result of the efforts, the rival suffered a crippling IRS raid in 1986 despite scant evidence of wrongdoing. Four years later, the case was quietly closed by the Justice Department without any indictments. Schwartz maintains he did nothing wrong, but the affair raises questions about his standards of conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hoffa Haunts the Teamsters | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...students against nature from Lamont to Canaday, and the enemy--16 to 20 inches long and weighing between 1-1/4 and 1-3/4 pounds--has been known to attack tourists and raid dorms through chimneys...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Are Squirrels a First-Year's Friend? Or Are They Only Glorified Rats? | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

...addition, a drug raid at the bar in 1991resulted in the arrest of a bartender whopossessed cocaine. Police last raided the bar inJune, after an officer managed to purchase cocainefrom waitress...

Author: By Suresh N. Magge, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Walsh to File Suit | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

...double agent spying on exile commandos in Miami for Fidel Castro while helping the FBI unravel Cuba's espionage network in the U.S. Not uncoincidentally, a Cuban diplomat at the U.N. was expelled after the Spanish- language Miami TV station WSCV secretly videotaped the official discussing a prospective exile raid on Cuba with Avila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Serving Two Masters | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

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