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Currier House sent a fleet-footed freshman into that dangerous Triangle in the Atlantic this weekend...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Dancer Nabs Island Trip | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...been lower than expected. Says Avis Spokesman John Britton: "We found that if a businessman is on the road, that means he needs to see his clients in person. So what does he need a phone for?" Avis has dropped phone-equipped cars, and Hertz has trimmed its fleet from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rental Cars: Hello, Operator, I'M Lost | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...Dollar hopes to attract business with a new phone service called Pathfinder. When driving in unfamiliar places, customers will be able to dial a single digit and reach a Dollar operator, who will consult a battery of maps and give directions. Budget Rent a Car will soon equip a fleet of 1,500 autos with portable phones that can be operated outside the car and are small enough to fit inside a customer's briefcase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rental Cars: Hello, Operator, I'M Lost | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...running last week. Meanwhile, warned the new Haitian governing council, any country that accepts the Duvaliers should be prepared to cooperate with an investigation into the family's finances. The council also announced that it was expropriating whatever Duvalier property it could, including six homes, a fleet of cars and a yacht...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 3, 1986 | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...Gray's Inn Road in London, just north of Fleet Street, the modern office buildings that once housed the Times and the Sunday Times are nearly abandoned, their lobbies dark and locked. One mile away, in a seedy dock area called Wapping, deep in the shadow of the Tower of London, stands the imposing, boxlike building that is the new home of the two papers, as well as of the tabloids the Sun and the News of the World. Ringing the Wapping compound are surveillance cameras, fences 8 ft. high and thick coils of concertina wire studded with razor blades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Revolution on Fleet Street | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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