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...just another Saturday night on the lam for Frankel and Allison, who for nearly two months had been shacked up here on the banks of Lake Alster in Hamburg, Germany. They had just pushed aside the remains of room-service dinners, the halibut lingering on trays in the suite's living room. On the floor next to Frankel's bed was a black suitcase that contained nearly $2 million in diamonds and about $250,000 in U.S. currency. The case never left his side...
...physicians contend that you need to have done 200 or more laser procedures to be fully proficient. When choosing a doctor, recommendations from previous patients are a better guide than come-on advertisements. "Very intelligent people make poor decisions when choosing a physician for plastic surgery," says Dr. Tina Alster, a Washington dermatologist known as Dr. Fix It, who sees an average of two patients a week with laser-burn scars. "They believe all those hideous commercials." Finally, make sure the doctor is doing the work, not an aesthetician...
Stork Club on the Elbe. The shops that line the Binnen-Alster Lake, in the heart of the city, look like those of Fifth Avenue; their windows are filled with French perfumes, Danish silver and Paris gowns, minks and foxes. Splendid restaurants (including the Seute Deern, a three-masted schooner tied up at the waterfront) serve fresh caviar and Prague ham; a meal costs...
...R.A.F. loosed the heaviest air raid in history. Upon Germany's northern port of Hamburg, 2,300 tons of bombs fell. Lost: twelve bombers, a low price to pay for the ruin reported by the Germans. London heard a Nazi broadcaster the next morning: "The view over the Alster [famed lake at Hamburg's center] was a terrible sight today. Smoke rose from all burning houses. The tower of the town hall stood in flames. Every minute delayed-action bombs exploded. The Opera House has been burned out and all world-famous entertainment places destroyed...
...Germans have gone to great pains to camouflage landmarks-disguising the main railroad station with fake foliage, planking over the Binnen-Alster (a lake-like section of the Alster River...