Word: merchant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wonders what might have happened to Houseman had the Great Depression not ejected him from his merchant princedom in the grain-trading business. No doubt he would have become rich. Then, given his artistic bent, he would certainly have involved himself in the theater, probably as one of those opinionated amateurs, an intrusive, indispensable backer of the exasperating kind he describes at several points in his story Certainly Houseman could have played such a role with ease. But if he had, who would have played Houseman...
Perry presented a White House letter announcing that the U.S. wanted: 1 ) a fueling station for its merchant ships, 2) a commercial treaty permitting free trade, and 3) friendship. If the Japanese did not accede to U.S. terms, he implied, he would impose them by force. The Japanese could hardly ships they had no navy with which to defend themselves. Despite the opposition of the figurehead Emperor, the shogun regime, which actually governed the country, reluctantly signed a series of coerced treaties with five nations from 1854 to 1858. The barbarian merchants and missionaries began moving...
...range of Europeans, especially outside the major cities. "I love the capitals with their theaters, their art, their museums," he says. "But some of my happiest travel experiences have been in the provinces of England, France, Portugal, Italy. I discovered many of those places while serving in the Merchant Marine during World War II. I was on North Atlantic and Mediterranean runs, among others, and there were always opportunities to get away into the countryside, where people welcomed me. Even in wartime, they ate and drank well." Demarest has been back to Europe almost every year in the past three...
...Iran traffic is far beyond the rumor stage. TIME has seen proof in the form of hundreds of documents provided by Carlos Vieira de Mello, an international arms dealer who worked with the purported rug merchant, Hashemi. TIME has also examined secret records from the State Department's Office of Munitions Control and papers from private arms companies showing that U.S. tank engines and fighter-plane spares were routed to Iran through Canada and Britain. The records indicate that much of the trade is directed from London...
According to documents seen by TIME, Israel handled most of its sales through Faroukh Azzizi, an Iranian arms merchant who lives in Athens. The papers show that Azzizi purchased U.S.-made Tow missiles from Israel in November 1982. The shipment went to Amsterdam before reaching Tehran. Says a senior Western diplomat in Brussels: "Israeli and American claims that Israel made only a single, isolated sale are pretty disingenuous." The Israeli government firmly denies any wrong doing. Said Defense Ministry Spokesman Nachman Shai last week: "We have not violated any agreement between the U.S. and us that forbids selling American-made...