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But I think I'll just sit back and smile, and when you take that vacation this summer, and your Mercedes pulls up in front of my gas station, it will be my turn.

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Southern Discomfort | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

At Checkpoint Charlie, the hideous maw of the Berlin Wall gapes briefly, affording a narrow passage into the divided German soul. On its Western side, a sea of sensuous color rushes down the Kurfurstendamm, past the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, and spends itself violently but impotently in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bach and Handel At the Wall | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

A kind of class warfare has broken out between some pricey drug attorneys and their prosecutor peers, who tend to regard such lawyers, honest or dishonest, with indiscriminate contempt. At a recent Florida meeting attended by 200 drug defense lawyers, one attorney denounced harassing prosecutors as "young scumheads." A speaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mob Lawyer: Life Support for Crime | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

Executives of E.S.M. Government Securities of Fort Lauderdale liked to behave as if every year were a winner. They drove Mercedes and Jaguars and paid themselves salaries of up to $500,000. In fact, the nine-year-old company, a dealer in bonds, notes and bills, has been a money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Securities: Where Did the $300 Million Go? | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

Nkomo was nowhere to be found. Having heard in advance of the government action, he had left Bulawayo to drive to Harare, 250 miles away. At a press conference he denounced "the siege of Bulawayo" and accused the government of pursuing a deliberate policy of intimidation. To his chagrin, Nkomo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zimbabwe a Bitter Feud Continues | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

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