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...French bring a new language to international crime; the army of ordinary racketeers, for instance, is known simply as the "milieu." The Corsican gang boss ordinarily carries his identification in plain sight-a watch-fob medallion bearing the Moor's-head crest of Corsica. Like the Mafia, the Union Corse has a code of honor, the word of a gangster is supposed to be his bond. The difference is that Mafiosi are forever doublecrossing each other-hence the present gang war in New York-while the Corsicans usually keep their word. Members of the Mafia usually submit internal disputes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Milieu of the Corsican Godfathers | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

Worse still would be the news that he had been reclassified a Cetus, a sun sign that points to no personality traits whatever and cannot be found, embossed or appliquéd, on a single charm bracelet, watch fob, dish towel or shower curtain. Nonetheless, such a possibility now exists. So says Steven Schmidt, whose book, Astrology 14 (Bobbs-Merrill; $4.95), not only shifts the old signs to different dates but also adds two more constellations to the Zodiac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Revised Zodiac | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

Lindsay has been a visible, courageous chief executive who is always willing to put his prestige on the line for what he believes is right. His frequent television appearances, the heavy coverage of his activities in the newspapers, his refusal to fob off responsibilities on others, have invited personal blame for whatever goes wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NEW YORK: THE REVOLT OF THE AVERAGE MAN | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...size, sumptuosity, style and snob appeal, this resplendent volume wins any 1967 publisher's award for conspicuous taste. Suggested prize: a gold-trimmed watch-fob-cigar-cutter holder in champagne-tanned platypus pouch. Avoiding today's exhaustive and exhausting travel writing, this volume combines 18th century illustrations with prose from the past. The travelers' tales date from the period when English was at its best and travel did not exclude wonder, awe, respect-and suspicion. "The first thing an Englishman does on going abroad is to find fault with what is French, because it is not English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Seasonal Shelf | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...daring to dream of putting his daughter's life before Greek victory. This raises a question of moral ambiguity that runs through the play: Is this a war for a strumpet, or is it against a nest of barbarians who threaten the life of Greece? Euripides refuses to fob off the playgoer with an easy answer, for the question is fraught with pain and death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: OFF BROADWAY | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

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