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And so destiny brought Erwin Rommel face to face with the man who would prove to be his nemesis: Bernard Montgomery. By July 1942 the Germans had pushed the British out of Libya. All that stood between the Nazis and Alexandria was the strongpoint at the arid village of El...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War in Europe | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

For Boston cafeteria cook William Curry, 37, winning the Massachusetts lottery last year turned out to be his unluckiest bet. Three weeks after winning, he dropped dead of a heart attack, brought on by ceaseless hounding once his $3.6 million win was made public. Curry's is an extreme case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life At The End of the Rainbow | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

One of the gunman's first victims was an elderly man who was struck by the truck and shot in the head as he attempted to get up. The gunman then fired on a grandmother, and killed 71-year-old Al Gratia, who ignored his daughter's pleas and rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Ten Minutes in Hell | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

-- Lloyd's of London, which is enmeshed in a racketeering lawsuit against B.C.C.I., has fruitlessly made offers to provide evidence of bribery and kickbacks and has made "repeated pleas" to U.S. Attorneys in Miami and New Orleans to seize B.C.C.I. records. Lloyd's accuses B.C.C.I. of taking part in smuggling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: B.C.C.I.: The Dirtiest Bank of All | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

He crushed Saddam Hussein's war machine and became an overnight TV star when he told the nation how he did it. He won standing ovations in Congress, cheers along parade routes and pleas to run for office. What more is left for General Norman Schwarzkopf than that final ratification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stormin' Norman: The Book | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

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