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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Except that not a single coffee bean existed. Companies were set up in the Caribbean and an aging freighter of Panamanian registry was bought for $700,000. The culprits proceeded to pay off anybody who might hinder the swindle. The Justice Department estimates that hundreds of thousands of dollars were paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Cuban Coffee Caper | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Indeed, in 1967 'Fitz' joined Harvard's most elite social organization, but membership in the Society is not based on a prep school background or a closet full of L.L. Bean boots. Fitzsimmons was automatically elected by virtue of the sole criterion involved--a stint in the twines as a Harvard hockey goaltender...

Author: By Jon Ledecky, | Title: Canterbury Tales: | 2/8/1979 | See Source »

...focus facts. The breakfast (paper plate, plastic knife and fork) is at the Kountry Korner Restaurant. I've been advised that a trace of old Plains may be found here. And here indeed is more than a trace: eight middle-aged farmers at one long table talking land, bean planting, the future of Taiwan ("You think the Taiwans got a word to say about it? Think 1 billion can't take 17 million any day they want to?" One man just says, "Viet Nam," ending that), and crime in the county (a man has been shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Strong Old Rhythms of Plains | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

November 3, 1970. I spent two and a half hours tonight trying to figure out how to apply for tickets to the Yale football game. (Note: that's how a sophomore talks: "the Yale football game." Later, after purchasing my first chamois shirt from L.L. Bean's and generally getting "with it," I too learned to call it The Game...

Author: By Joseph D. Bertagna, | Title: Ten Historic Moments for the Harvard Athlete | 1/17/1979 | See Source »

...Chung in San Francisco five years ago, and almost immediately won national acclaim. In his Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook (Harmony Books; 145 pages; $10), Chung relates charming anecdotes from his native Li-ling county and introduces many worthy dishes, notably hot and sour chicken, fried asparagus in hot black bean sauce and, for breakfast, steamed thin-sliced pork with fermented black beans. Ni hao, Mr. Chung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An International Bill of Fare | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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