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Benny drove up in his Mercedes. As the car pulled away, Teenager could see Gigi and Victor with their heads against the seat backs. Teenager began to think of a place to get rid of the guns. Then, like a bored cat, he began to lick the blood from his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Underdog-Eat-Underdog World | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Argentina seemed perfectly willing to face the prospect of all-out war. In coastal cities in the southern portion of the country, blackouts had become common as a precaution against air raids, and schoolchildren drilled for attacks by crouching beneath their desks. The government appealed for "patriotic" financial contributions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falkland Islands: Teetering on the Brink | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

At each airport the war had swiftly overtaken any trace of civilian life. The camouflaged C-130 cargo planes were dropping like slow-moving drone bees onto the runways, their engines still running as they loaded up for unknown destinations. Despite reports of heavy British bombing of the runway at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falklands: You Ought to Be Shot | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

Stockbroker Gary Vance Lewellyn, 33, often told friends, and for a while the curly-haired financier from Humboldt, Iowa (pop. 4,794), made his dreams come true. Lewellyn, who ran a brokerage company in Des Moines, wore custom-made suits that he bought in batches. He lived with his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Des Moines Stockbroker Lewellyn: Catch Me if You Can | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

The most intriguing-some might say mind-boggling-success stories in the home-video game are smaller companies such as Activision and Imagic, which manufacture cartridges (at an average cost of $27) for machines produced by the biggies. "The magnitude of the growth has caught everybody by surprise," says Activision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Chariots of Cartridge Power | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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