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...silent word!" The teller giggled-until the child leveled a silver automatic at her. "I have a gun and give me money," the boy insisted. After receiving $118, Robert smiled, said "Thanks," and ran off into history as the city's youngest bank robber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Charmed Robbery | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

...involved in the scam. But he admits that he received at least $10,000 for the use of his name for each fight. Said Ali last week: "If you're looking for something dirty or crooked, you're looking in the wrong place. Me a bank robber? Are you kidding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wells Fargo Stickup | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...clear, though, is why nuclear power has faded from the headlines--and hence from the public consciousness and political agenda--since Three Mile Island. It is not because the industry has been substantially reformed; reactors are still the property of robber baron utility executives. And it is not because Three Mile Island was a fluke-- the sporadic news clips from places like Indian Point in New York, Yankee in Vermont, and Millstone in Connecticut, prove that the threat is nationwide...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: And Meltdown for Dessert | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...games are cheeky manuals for self-styled robber barons. A few also teach the players something about business. Alan Teck, director of Chemical Bank's financial consulting services, developed the hot-selling Foreign Exchange ($15), in which players work through the arcane world of international finance. He is now developing an other game involving the gold market. Stocks and Bonds ($13) initiates players in the workings of Wall Street, and Limit Up (at $49.95, one of the most expensive of the games) shows potential Bunker Hunts the mysteries of trading silver and other commodities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Coffee-Table Tycoons | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...Highway Robber...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Crane Charges Harvard With Selling City Parking | 9/30/1980 | See Source »

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