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Last week the campaign denied any connection with the hapless caper. Gephardt Spokesman Don Foley said Dinsmore was an independent consultant, not a full-time campaign official. "Dinsmore was doing this on his own," insisted Foley. As for Dinsmore's $1,200-a-month stipend in September and October and a lofty title engraved on business cards, Foley replied, "We're going to take his business cards back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Journal: Planning a Secret-Poll Scam | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

Counterfeiters Collect Change in Criminal Coin Caper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS CUTS | 11/21/1987 | See Source »

...going rate for one-nighters: $250,000.) A videocassette, Bill Cosby: 49, sponsored by Kodak and produced by Cosby's wife Camille, has sold 200,000 copies so far, more than any other concert video yet released. His first feature film in six years, a James Bond-esque spy caper called Leonard Part 6, will appear in theaters around Christmas, and he plans to start shooting another movie in the spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: He has a hot TV series, a new book - and a booming comedy empire | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Just when the CIA thought the scandal season was over, along comes Stamp-scam. Though it has none of the drama of arms-for-hostages trades or covert wars in Central America, this latest caper centers on the appropriation of a valuable rarity: 95 misprinted U.S. postage stamps that could be worth thousands of dollars each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Truth And Reason Upside Down | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

Though he is now serving an eight-year jail sentence, Candelairo is still trying to make a killing from the caper. He has filed a lawsuit claiming that his injuries from the booby-trapped loot entitle him to $2 million in damages. Stanford Law Professor Marc Franklin says Candelairo could have a case "if he can prove that the intent of the bank was to cause him physical injury." "The punishment for bank robbery," he adds, "isn't maiming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chutzpah: Whose Fault Is It Anyway? | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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