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Doodling as he was questioned, occasionally smiling coyly, Ringleader Walker described a venal world made glamorous by the trappings of a cheap thriller: the miniature Minox camera for photographing documents, the clandestine drops in suburban Virginia, the rendezvous with Soviet agents in Vienna and Casablanca. "Do not squander your money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Spy Vs. Spy | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

The most exotic of the new beefs is zebu, an unfortunate name that suggests the animal is at least part zebra and might summon images of black-and-white- striped steaks. Instead, this haughty-looking animal is a variety of humpbacked cattle native to India and Brazil that is crossbred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: How Do You Say Beef? | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

There are signs, both serious and frivolous, that the good life is not what it used to be. Rolls-Royce and Mercedes automobiles are appearing in used-car lots. In boom times, the skies over Houston during rush hour were filled with helicopters ferrying executives; today the choppers are a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pain Deep in the Heart of Texas | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

President Reagan once called him the "little dictator who went to Moscow," but when Daniel Ortega strolls around Managua with his two small sons in tow, he looks anything but the strongman. No tassles and epaulets for him, no holster around the waist, no stretch Mercedes. Hatless, in a black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Behind the Designer Glasses | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Malacanang Palace, the former presidential residence, continued to yield evidence of Marcos' ostentatious ways. No fewer than 15 limousines, five standard Mercedes-Benz cars, a BMW, a Datsun and a Nissan still sit in the mansion's garage, as does the plush personal bus that Imelda used for political outings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Chasing Marcos' Millions | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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