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Gardner said there is no reason to believe that the thief was working in cooperation with anyone else...

Author: By Alissa W. Lee, | Title: Armed Robber Holds Up Local Bank | 3/1/1991 | See Source »

Nothing to do! Their country has been snatched by a thief; Americans, Egyptians, Britons and Saudis, among others, are braving the gulf deserts and Saddam's rockets to win it back for them, and these two able-bodied young men say there is nothing to do. For those who do not think Kuwait is worth the fight, the habits of Medo and Khaled are all the anecdotal evidence needed to prove the Kuwaitis are a spoiled and arrogant bunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Disco Front | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...Ershad is gone, Ershad is gone! Burn his throne!" screamed a flag-waving crowd in Dhaka as firecrackers exploded across the capital. "Catch the thief! Don't let him go!" chanted other marchers. But Ershad wasn't going anywhere. He even personally swore in his successor: Shahabuddin Ahmed, chief justice of the Supreme Court, whom opposition leaders had nominated as caretaker President. Said Ershad: "I want peace to return to society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bangladesh The Dictator Is Gone! | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...There was a young man seen climbing down a tree beside the building," said Morse. "But it appears there is more than one thief [involved]." He said no detailed description of the young man was available...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: Cars Looted in Terrace Garage | 11/3/1990 | See Source »

With every passing week, someone with credentials in international law enforcement joins the chorus calling for a raid to finish off the thief of Baghdad. Last month Richard Perle, a former Pentagon official, wrote in the New York Times that a shield to defend Saudi Arabia is not enough. What's needed, he said, is a "desert sword" -- an offensive operation to decapitate Iraq's leadership and destroy its military capacity. Last week, in a syndicated column, Henry Kissinger said he would be "very uneasy" if the U.S. waited beyond the end of the year to take "military measures." Otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: America Abroad: Resisting the Gangbusters Option | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

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