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...Yuppie prefers Aruba, Fiji or some presumably undiscovered inn, "only to find the dining room packed with M.B.A.s ordering cassis sherbet for dessert." Favored movies include Annie Hall (in fact, anything by Woody Allen), Casablanca (because of the ceiling fans), An Unmarried Woman (excellent footage of SoHo lofts) and Chariots of Fire (crucial emphasis on athletics, competitiveness and expensive clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Here Come the Yuppies! | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...delicate situation has been complicated by the hovering presence of Houston's Susan Beth Franzheim, 41, the wife of Kenneth Franzheim II, former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. Franzheim, who believes she may be the reincarnation of Senmut, an Egyptian court adviser who lived some 3,400 years ago, donated $20,000 to ARCE for Gauri's initial research and offered to raise $60,000 more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fighting to Save the Sphinx | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

...remainder of the MFO troops arrived at week's end. They came from ten other countries, including Colombia (500 troops), The Netherlands (105), France (42), Italy (90), Uruguay (70) and Fiji (500). The men will be commanded by Lieut. General Fredrik Bull-Hansen, a lanky Norwegian who was first exposed to the complexities of the Middle East while serving in a force that supervised the Israeli-Egyptian cease-fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace-Keepers | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

...Multinational Force and Observers (M.F.O.) provided for in the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. The U.S. had agreed to provide about half of the troops, but Haig wanted to broaden the international support for the Camp David peace process. Others who have agreed to take part: Fiji, Colombia and Uruguay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting over the Peace Keepers | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...publisher received an approving letter from an organization on the Arabian gulf known as the Bahrain Dead Cat Society (slogan: FELIX MORTE). The society's letterhead notes that it is affiliated with the North American Dead Dog Society, the Kenyan Institute for Crushed Aardvarks and the Fiji Squashed Squid Squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Comeuppance for Cats | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

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