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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like many fashionable Italians, Alessandro De Tomaso, owner of the Maserati car company, carries an elegant man's handbag dangling from a shoulder strap. But his bag is unusual in one respect. By slipping his hand through an open flap on the side, De Tomaso can quickly grab a .38 revolver that he keeps cradled inside. Says he: "It is just a normal hazard of business life in Italy today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: If You Give Up, They Win | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

...settle a crinkly bag of lawsuits over illegal price fixing, Laura Scudder's Frito-Lay, Granny Goose Foods and five other manufacturers of potato chips and tortilla chips agreed to refund $3.8 million to retailers and $2.2 million to consumers in Arizona, California and Nevada. Company records listed the retailers involved, so that was no problem. But how to handle the refunds to consumers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Shouldering Chips | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...other kinds of food entertainment, Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market are musts for any visitor to Boston. The place has, however, really become a huge trough for every belly in the city, and unless you enjoy standing in a huage pack waiting for a piece of pizza or a bag of over-priced chocolate-chip cookies, you are better off going someplace else. Really, once is quite enough. Go if you must, but we're sure you will soon agree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Survival Guide to the Square | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

...with their real trial lawyers. That fact apparently made no impression on the guards; the women, who did not resemble the persons pictured on their I.D. cards, were passed through two control points without a security search. Reaching a reception area, one coolly pulled a submachine gun from her bag and the other flashed a pistol as they demanded the release of the two prisoners. A quick-thinking guard grabbed the pistol and pulled Vogel back into a bulletproof cell. But the "lawyers" escaped with Meyer in a Volkswagen minibus that was conspicuously parked near the prison, with three other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRORISTS: A Big Catch in Zagreb | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...note. The villains bring her to a hiding place not far from her home. The police, in search of Aldo Moro, ring the kidnapers' doorbell on two occasions. When no one answers they go away. A few days later, the villains wrap up their captive in a plastic bag and drive to a more remote hideout. After languishing for days in her new quarters, Giovanna falls in love with Daniel. He too is smitten. Offstage he croons the aria Posa il tuo capo sulla mia spalla (Rest your head upon my shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Days of Whine and Roses | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

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