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...mention on the diplomats themselves-for this week's cover story, Bonfante found himself under siege, so to speak. He was held captivated in his office by a steady stream of files from TIME correspondents at the scenes of the latest setbacks for U.S. diplomats in Bogotá, Tehran, Washington and the United Nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 17, 1980 | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

Manila, Lisbon, Istanbul, Mexico City and Bogotá boast the cheapest prices, while Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Abu Dhabi and Manama (Bahrain) are the most expensive. Incomes are also swept away rapidly in Tokyo, Oslo, Geneva and Copenhagen. The 2.2 lbs. of medium-quality rump steak that would cost $7 in the U.S. fetches $24 in Zurich and $41 in Tokyo. In Jeddah a smoker must pay $4.99 for a pack of Marlboro cigarettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Tale of 45 Cities | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...great lost city or a temple filled with treasures or perhaps an entire mountain of gold. Indeed, El Dorado (Spanish for "the gilded one") may well have had a basis in fact. Folklore holds that Colombia's Muisca Indians, who dwelt in the highlands near present-day Bogotá, installed their kings by dusting their naked bodies with gold and then washing them in nearby Lake Guatavita. To complete the ritual, they dropped gold and jewels into the holy waters as offerings to their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Glimpse of El Dorado | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...Dorado has materialized in the U.S. Last week more than 500 objects of Colombian gold went on exhibit at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History. Most of these treasures-which next year will travel to Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans-come from Bogotá's Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), which has collected some 26,000 ancient gold pieces, often buying them up from guaqueros (professional tomb robbers) who otherwise would probably sell them to foreign collectors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Glimpse of El Dorado | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Other Colombian business leaders feel much the same. Says Eduardo Goéz Gutiérrez, the Bogotá stock exchange president, who is a cautious supporter of legalization: "In my opinion, the financial sector is in favor of it." He argues that the big inflow of foreign money to pay for the stuff "is producing inflation and monetary control problems, which would be much easier to handle if marijuana were legalized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: High Profits | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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