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...Seventh Day. On the morning of his seventh day at sea, Rafael suddenly saw a slick, 30-ft. Chris Craft shoot past. Though Rafael did not know it, the Gulf Stream had borne him north to within three miles of Miami Beach. Minutes later, the Coast Guard cutter Papaw bore down upon him, responding to a radio message from the Chris Craft...
...normal. To curb this buildup, Chrysler has laid off 10,000 of its 70,000 hourly workers. In addition, 8,000 of the company's 30,000 white-collar workers are being fired, a permanent cut aimed at trimming as much as $60 million in salaries. Another cost-cutter: selling the company's three remaining executive planes...
...wave of new cardinals always means brisk business for Gammarelli; once his five seamstresses and one cutter, who work in two cramped rooms above the store, turned out 18 cardinal vestments at one time. To make sure all the garments conform to the church's centuries-old traditions, Gammarelli uses only the finest materials, carefully oversees the work. As a double check, he continually refers to a pattern book hand-painted in watercolors by his sister Maria...
...wandering in old clothes about the grounds with a trowel in hand in case he spots a choice sample of fungus. But the Emperor's real passion is the crab. On his days off, wearing a leather jacket, work pants and high boots, he boards a coast guard cutter and voyages along the shores of Sagami Bay, where women divers search the bottom for him. He reserves each Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoon for his laboratory, where his collection of 400 species includes 50 never previously recorded...
...identification. What the blackmailed Muscovites feared was revealed in the columns of Moskovskaya Pravda, which stated ominously: "We assume the Anti-Speculation Squad will try to clarify how the victims accumulated such large sums. Speaking plainly, it is hardly usual for a store manager or a fur cutter to possess hundreds of thousands of rubles...