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An awkward silence followed. It was broken only when the ex-Emperor protested, "We have served our people in war and peace." Minutes later, he was led out of his marble palace to a tiny blue two-door Volkswagen. The monarch who for years had been chauffeur-driven in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: The End of the Lion of Judah | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

By almost any standard there was something suspicious about Ilarion Capucci. Driving his black Mercedes-Benz, he crossed from Israel into Jordan and Lebanon at least 50 times in the past year. Last April he claimed that more than $750,000 in cash was stolen from his Jerusalem residence. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Mitered Gunrunner | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

Like many suddenly rich people, Jack's attitude toward money swivels wildly. Anjelica just got a Mercedes for her 23rd birthday. According to Mike Nichols, Nicholson always has "several thousand bucks out" to help friends over some rough spots. But Roman Polanski says that at other times Nicholson is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Star with the Killer Smile | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

This week Ford Motor Co. will show off two new 1975 models-the Granada and the Mercury Monarch-that President Lee lacocca describes as "the biggest small cars the company has ever made." That is an understatement, and it could apply as well to much of the rest of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Battle of the Little Big Cars | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

Haile Selassie, who celebrates his 82nd birthday later this month, continued at his normal pace last week in spite of the events around him. Precisely at nine each morning the Emperor was driven in his red Mercedes one mile from Jubilee Palace to the Grand Palace to put in what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: The Creeping Coup | 7/15/1974 | See Source »

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