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...Lowell resident said he was not carryingany money at the time of the attack, but that theassailants succeeded in ripping his parka...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Student Beaten, Injured By Unarmed Muggers | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...another, the figure in the videotape showed no physical signs of hanging, such as bulging eyes and extruding tongue. He was dressed in a parka or sweater, which seems unlikely in the middle of a Middle East summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Again: A grisly image of a dead hostage outrages the U.S. | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...grew up in East Cleveland. My father and I went to Indians games twice a week. (My mother, who is quick to abandon losing causes--she shunned George McGovern early in 1972--occasionally accompanied us.) I went to Bat Day, Ball Day, Photo Day, Parka Day, Frisbee Day, Fire works Day, Book Bag Day and any other days the Indians' publicity department devised...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Indian Pow-Wow | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

Since 1973, the face of a smiling, parka-clad Eskimo has adorned the planes of Seattle-based Alaska Airlines, which flies to 30 Western U.S. cities, from Anchorage and Juneau as far south as Tucson. Alaskans see the Eskimo logo as an unofficial state symbol, but others are often bewildered by it. Bruce Kennedy, chairman of the parent Alaska Air Group, complains that critics ranging from passengers to Comedian Jay Leno have observed that the Eskimo looks like Gaddafi, Manson, Abraham Lincoln, Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash. Tired of such comments, Alaska Airlines has announced tentative plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES: Eskimo Face-Off | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Richard Demar is a pedestrian's nightmare. Dressed in torn jeans and a partly shredded brown parka, he zigzags down a crowded sidewalk near Seattle's popular Pike Place Market. One hand clenched in a fist, the other clutching a Styrofoam cup, Demar, 32, looks fierce and menacing as he stumbles along, working the crowd. "Got some change, man?" he half demands of an elderly gentleman who promptly escapes into a store. Farther down the block, he fixes his glassy gaze on a well-dressed woman toting a shopping bag brimming with gifts. "Come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Spare a Dime - for Bail? | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

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