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...anything but food. In the larger scams, dealers sell thousands of dollars worth of coupons directly to dishonest food-store owners, who act as food-stamp fences and pay 500 on the dollar before redeeming them for full value at the bank. But there is also a smaller scale, mom-and-pop black market. Some sell their coupons for cash (as little as 100 on the dollar). The stamps are then resold several times, moving from one middleman to the next before being turned in at a bank by a grocery store. All such transactions violate the U.S. Criminal Code...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Definitely Not USDA Approved | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...real bomb and four replicas. The animal headed straight for the genuine one, and the sock owner's scent. Last week, 91 days after Mother's Day, police arrested their suspect outside his Brooklyn apartment and charged him with mailing the deadly package-to his mom. The accused: Craig Kipp. The motive of Kipp, an unemployed marine engineer, was not known. Craig's father, for one, stoutly proclaimed his son's innocence, and raised the money to pay the $300,000 bail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: A Case of Mommie Dearest? | 8/23/1982 | See Source »

...cured, Norman has returned to town and wants to revamp his sagging hostelry. Directed by Richard Franklin, 34, who worked with Hitchcock as a student, Psycho II picks up the few surviving characters from the master's original. Vera Miles, 51, returns as Leigh's sister, "and Mom is definitely six feet under - in the beginning," says Perkins, ominously adhering to a studio order not to reveal the plot before the movie comes out next year. As for Norman, "In the old story he saw himself as a victim," says Perkins. "He's a smarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 16, 1982 | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

...respectable college term paper rolls of the Smith Corona before midnight. Thus, the all-night dive. Store 24 (1438 Mass Ave.) provides everything from soup to nuts for the odd hours gourmand. Fig Newtons are just as delicious as you remember, and Mom's not around to stop you from eating the whole box. Brigham's has sour coffee and bad ice cream. Both used to stay open 24 hours a day. Now they close before 3 a.m. No class...

Author: By Paul M. Barre, | Title: Off-Campus Fun | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

...What did people do before there was television, Mom?" -By Richard Stengel

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: When Eden Was in Suburbia | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

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