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...gray flannel suit, a gentleman and a robber. He steals because that's the way he was brought up, you understand, and it's implied that he only robs because the world treats him badly, or only if he knows a really bad guy with some really good loot. A real Robin Hood, Foley. He's a thief with lots of honor who falls hard once he meets a good woman, even after she shoots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clooney's Latest Makes Great Date Material | 7/10/1998 | See Source »

...fascinating, exhaustive detail, including the following information: as part of the process of securing rights to a wreck, marine law requires that you file a lawsuit. Against whom--Neptune? Close; you sue the wreck itself. Just lower a lawyer in the submersible's claw, and res gestae, the loot is yours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fantastic Voyage | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Sexton inherited a sizable war chest and didimpressive fund-raising on his own. But ratherthan locking up the loot, he gave the key to starprofessors--without a large hike in salaries--byexpanding prominent programs for legalscholarships...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Faculty Tempted by Perks at Other Schools | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...riot] became very large and violent," Engell recalls. "People in the Square were breaking windows and threatening to loot...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Engell an Ensconsced Harvard Ally | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

...Butte, Mont. [AMERICAN SCENE, March 30], is for Congress to declare this "giant cup of poison" one of the Great Lakes. Notwithstanding geographic inability and congressional insanity, it's still a pretty big lake. And since the pool is the "biggest tourist draw in southwest Montana," there's some loot involved too. STANLEY T. DOBRY Warren, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 27, 1998 | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

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