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Banco officials were soon telephoning around the world in a frantic search for funds. But even the banks that had stood by Brazil to protect their existing investments were fearful of pouring more money into what now yawned before them as a bottomless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back from the Brink | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

...oriented Christmas," as if somehow it rarely had been until this year. She is waiting for Evan-Picone suits at Sanger Harris to go on sale. When they do, she will buy. Said Martin Tolep, economist for F.W. Woolworth: "By waiting, they're going to make some retailers frantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christmas '82: On Sale Now | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...winter vacation in the real world. I took a course in Zen once, but it didn't help me deal with the real world. Climbing the hill. I kept seeing people in laundromats, throwing lint on the floor, people pushing other people in the aisles in the frantic search for New Wonder Fab Cereal, people running each other over with Pacers. Datsuns and Mercedes Benzes...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: He Looked a Little Like Allen Ginsberg | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...UMass's burst of energy was too late Despite frantic shots on goal in the last 40 seconds from the Minutemen, the Crimson held...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Booters Outpace Minutemen in a 3-2 Victory, Will Travel to Philly for Friday Penn Match | 11/10/1982 | See Source »

After his luck ran out so abruptly in a bugged hotel room, John De Lorean had ten days and nights in jail to contemplate the wreckage of his life. Then at the end of last week, all in a few hours' time, he was the center of frantic activity. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles formally charged the automobile tycoon (and two alleged accomplices) with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine. De Lorean's bail was doubled, to $10 million. But then, for the prisoner, some good news at last: Assistant U.S. Attorney James Walsh agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Jail and into Trouble | 11/8/1982 | See Source »

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