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...cloak was by Balenciaga; the dagger could come from anyone -- a bullfighter, a bellboy, a ballroom dancing partner. During World War II, Aline, Countess of Romanones lived a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only played at in Notorious. Born Aline Griffith in Pearl River, N.Y., the former Manhattan model joined the Office of Strategic Services and was posted to Madrid in 1944, where she decoded messages at the American Oil Mission. The OSS called her Tiger. Her orders: to flush out Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler's special agent in the Spanish capital. The dark, lissome beauty moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Jun. 8, 1987 | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

...shadowy world of cloak-and-dagger spy operations, tiny Israel for years ranked as a world-class player. Agents of MOSSAD, the country's equivalent of the CIA, electrified the world in 1960 by capturing Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann and spiriting him out of Argentina under the noses of authorities. The intelligence network cast by MOSSAD and Shin Bet, Israel's FBI, was so exhaustive in the Middle East that Washington often relied on it for information and analysis. Even when the objectives of Israel's spooks were debatable, their methods virtually defined professionalism and supersecrecy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decline of The Superspies | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...takeover bid materialized from Nestle Holdings, and Boesky and partners sold their holdings for a $28.3 million profit. In return for such toothsome tips, Boesky agreed to pay Siegel a percentage of the profits made by trading on the information. Boesky associates reportedly held at least three cloak-and-dagger meetings with the Kidder, Peabody executive and handed over briefcases full of cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Raid on Wall Street | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...Poor buggers!" says Merz, talking about her rhinos. Her eyes now flash bright indignation. "It is a sin and a crime that animals should be driven to the brink of extinction, especially by something as idiotic as a dagger handle!" The situation of the rhino is bleak. In 1970 there were 20,000 of them in Kenya. Now there are considerably fewer than 500. It strikes a visitor that Merz's rhinos live like a child kept in a germ-free bubble because of some defect in the immune system. The germs are the poachers. With rhino horns worth about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

COLUMBIA (67): Ula Lyaniak 7-5--14; Tiffany Bodenfels 0-0--0; Mary Jane Skinner 4-1--9; Margaret Donnelly 2-0--4; Debbie Persico 1-2--4; Kristine Tyer 8-1-17; Mylaine Riobe 1-2--4; Christina Dagger 0-0--0; Charlene Williams 2-0--4; Erika Woolson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For the Record... | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

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