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...armored Brink's truck pulled up to the Nanuet National Bank near suburban Nyack, N. Y., shortly before 4 p.m. and two guards began loading $1.6 million in cash. Suddenly three armed men in ski masks jumped out of a red van and opened fire. One guard was killed instantly and the other critically wounded. The three bandits and an accomplice dashed off with the loot. "They didn't even ask them to hand over the money," declared an incredulous witness. "They just blasted away...
...dazed investors and exhausted brokers, the market's gyrations were ultimately reassuring proof that the world economy is not teetering on the, brink of collapse, as a minority of economic Cassandras have been insisting. The unwillingness of the markets to stampede into a state of panic was also a major failure for self-styled Investment Expert Joseph Granville of Holly Hill, Fla. The stock market hip shooter, whose forecasts have been wrong as often as right, has over the years gained a large and loyal following among investors who subscribe to his weekly market newsletter and hang...
Once again the union and government seemed to be tottering on the brink of a showdown. If Solidarity leaders pursued their political demands, the authorities, urged on by the Kremlin, might have little choice but to move against them. But the bitter verbal attacks from Moscow and Warsaw made it difficult for union leaders to back down without losing face-and possibly weakening their control over Solidarity's 9.5 million rank-and-file members. Said Solidarity Spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz: "There is enough fuel now to start up everybody...
...NATION that poet Octavio Paz once accused of "falling asleep for a hundred years" has finally awakened. In a mere five years, a Mexico tottering on the verge of bankruptcy has lifted itself from the brink of financial ruin, proclaimed itself a "regional power" and publicly crossed swords with Uncle Sam on the issue of El Salvador. Bust has turned to boom, and Mexico is now building its tallest buildings, making its first military purchases in years, and even considering an ambitious nuclear-power program. One government publication proudly proclaims that Mexico "is no longer a sleepy, south...
...magazine." Among the others considered: Esquire Editor Byron Dobell; Author and former Esquire Editor Harold Hayes; Atlantic Washington Editor James Fallows; LIFE Editor Jon Larsen. Some of these more experienced heads may have shied away from the daunting task of edging the journal back from the brink of extinction. Just last year, Harper's announced it was folding, then was rescued at the eleventh hour through the combined efforts of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Atlantic Richfield Foundation. The magazine's saviors have so far pumped in an estimated $3 million...