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...Grey is undaunted as he pulls out a worn leather datebook. Pasted inside: a typewritten list of General Patton's recommended qualities of a good general. "Steadiness of purpose, strength of character, tactically aggressive, loves a fight." He pauses. "'Loves a fight'--that's the part I like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NO DICE: THE BACKLASH AGAINST GAMBLING | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...sellers don't see anything out there that could take the icing off their cake, and they continue to expand. At the Ferragamo men's and women's shop in Manhattan's Trump Tower, demand for such items as $825 zip-top bags and $2,260 leather jackets has grown so brisk that customers may purchase no more than 10 in any one category such as coats or pairs of shoes. Perhaps they'll just have to think of it as sharing the wealth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUXURY'S GAUDY TIMES | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

During this conversation, McDougal noted with mounting distaste that the Governor, drenched from his run, was dripping sweat all over the chair. It was a new chair, in light blue leather, that Susan had just given him as a birthday present. McDougal had been suffering from lower back pain, and the chair was orthopedically designed to support his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BLOOD SPORT: A DEAL GONE BAD | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

...filter back by using a fake passport. When police arrested him, his two-bedroom Queens apartment was littered with boxes of stolen credit-card slips that, authorities believed, gang members used to set up phony accounts. The closets were stuffed with fashionable men's suits, chic handbags and Italian leather shoes, with price tags attached. Adekanbi, says assistant district attorney Diane Peress, "liked to play Santa Claus" by responding to shopping lists from friends in Nigeria. They will surely miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CREDIT WHERE NONE IS DUE | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

Members of the Hasty Pudding Society were spotted in the tiny store earlier this week trying on leather jackets and vinyl pants to wear at the Pudding's annual Leather and Lace celebration held yesterday evening...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: Sex Toys On Sale | 2/10/1996 | See Source »

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