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...built a tax-shelter empire selling interests not only in American coal but also in distribution rights to European films and a Namibian diamond mine. They funneled investment money through a string of paper corporations with headquarters in the U.S., and such offshore havens as the Cayman Islands and Curaçao. Although the current charges concern only the coal caper, which involved write-offs totaling $150 million, sources close to the case estimate that when all the allegedly bogus tax deductions peddled by the defendants are uncovered and toted up, the U.S. may be short between $500 million...
...afternoon last week a crew of Colombians began loading bales of unlabeled cargo into a four-engine DC-7 at Curaçao airport in the Dutch Antilles. That night the lumbering 22-year-old plane took off for what the crew said was a local test run to tune up its engines...
...than ever. The Pallisers, the 22-part PBS television series based on his political novels, has received almost universal praise from the critics, and has won a devoted, sometimes even fanatical, audience. In Manhattan, liquor store dealers have been startled by a sudden demand for a liqueur called orange Curaçao. The reason can now be told: it was the favorite drink of Trollope's crusty old Duke of Omnium. Oxford University Press, which publishes the six Palliser volumes, quickly cleaned out its stock after the TV program began in late January; it ordered a second printing...
This no-nonsense "doctor" is the brainchild of Dr. Norman Jensen, director of adult medicine at Madison's University of Wisconsin Hospitals, and his colleague, Larry Van Cura, a computer specialist. What distinguishes it from other diagnostic computers is that it allows a direct dialogue between patient and machine and, math whiz that it is, delivers an almost instant assessment of health risks. Jensen also sees the inexpensive computerized checkup ($10) as an alternative to costly annual physicals. For those under 40 who show no signs of ill health, an increasing number of physicians are no longer recommending such...
First indoctrination completed, we dock at Curaçao for a run ashore. Suddenly everyone we see seems to be smoking, and we plunge into the shops-or the clear sea-to escape. The weakest-willed flee back to the ship. This is to be the pattern for the next several days. Aruba proves particularly dangerous: the excitement of its busy casinos traps winners and losers alike into forgetting their vows...