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...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...
...though it was her well-publicized legal fight over her racial label that had prompted the legislative change. Phipps, 49, whose great-great-great-great-grandmother was an 18th century black slave, is "colored" according to the state of Louisiana. Phipps, who is married to a wealthy white crawfish merchant, only found that out in 1977, when she applied for a passport and learned that her birth certificate called her colored. She claims she has always considered herself white...
...morning mist in search of alms. Well-off Laotians may apply for exit visas and generally receive them. Items such as enamel spray paint, light bulbs and vitamins, all unavailable in Hanoi, are in plentiful supply. "Sure, the market is full of clothes and medicine," laughs Luang Prabang Merchant Chan Manee. "This isn't Viet...