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During the late afternoon of April 3, a small private plane landed at El Paso International Airport and disgorged a garish passenger, accompanied by three grim-faced men. Clad in a sports shirt, country-club-plaid slacks and loafers, the 6-ft. 1-in., 310-lb. Mexican sauntered over to a group of men waiting on the tarmac, smiled as if he were collecting a golf trophy and proffered his hand. "I am Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain," he announced. "I know who you are," snapped special agent Hector Berrellez of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. "You have the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snatching Dr. Mengele | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Danny's search brings his beautiful wife back to his arms. But as they stroll on the deck of the Queen Mary, he finds himself turning away, drawn to the smoky lounge where women with too many ruffles dance with men in plaid jackets. He longs to be like them, so attuned to each other they could dance without music, as close as "spoons nestling in the wife's silver drawer." It is this yearning for the absolute safety of love that saves him in the end from Lauren's deadly designs, and from himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Unsafe Sex | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...perpetrator, described as a white man wearing a red cap and a plaid shirt, entered the Alewife branch of the Bank of Boston at about 12:30 p.m., passed a note to a teller and left with a bag of cash, police said...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Cambridge Banks Wary As Robberies Increase | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...crowd. Until they start listening to what they don't want to hear, we will continue to have a campus devoid of debate. Passers-by Harvard Yard will just hear the sound and fury of the PC-dressed in their uniforms of ripped jeans and old plaid shirts--signifying nothing, preaching at each other about tolerance, while the PW sit in Lamont and read the National Review...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: 'Politically Correct' Thought Control | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...bought, often dearly, in the dozens of stores crammed into the crowded area. Along Takeshita-dori, a narrow street in the heart of the district, are shops with curious names -- Octopus Army, Short Kiss, Good Day House -- that offer a variety of identities. There are button-down collars and plaid pants for the preppie look, floral prints and batiks for the Third World ethnic look, tennis and soccer equipment for the ultra-fit look. One store sells nothing but Batman gear for the Caped Crusader look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: American Casual Seizes Japan | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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