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...evaded the embargoes and avoided economic collapse by rerouting their trade through sympathetic allies or neutrals. Italy bought vital oil supplies from the U.S., which was not a member of the League of Nations. Rhodesia funneled chrome shipments and other exports through South Africa and Mozambique, where they were resold to other countries. Cuba eased its economic troubles by accepting aid from the Soviet Union...
...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 and carry penalties of up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine...
From Britain. The flagship of the navy is the 1945 aircraft carrier, the Veinticinco de Mayo, sold first to the Dutch, who later resold it to the Argentines. The navy also includes two guided missile destroyers (one built in Argentina under British supervision) and six coastal minesweepers. The army is equipped with Tigercat surface-to-air missiles; the air force flies nine Canberra medium bombers...
Pretrial mudslinging has even reached the posh offices of Commissioner Pete Rozelle, whom Davis charged with scalping tickets to last year's Super Bowl. Rozelle vehemently denies this, though he admits selling a dozen tickets at face value to a travel-agency director who resold them as part of Super Bowl tour packages. The scalping charge is the latest round in a long-running feud between Davis and Rozelle, czar of the merged leagues. Rozelle has refused comment, but Davis is less restrained, saying: "I think he's corrupt...
...clicks on the microphone and says: "Folks, man here bought himself a 7-ft. 6-in. camel a couple of hours ago, and he's only got a 7-ft. horse trailer to put it in, so what we're gonna do right now ..." It was promptly resold...