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More often than not, Duvalier drives his Saab 900 or red Ferrari to Cannes, just five miles from the villa he rents from the son of Saudi Billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. Returning home before sundown, he and his wife Michele often step out for dinner at the top-rated Moulin de Mougins, one of the few restaurants in the south of France where the Duvaliers do not risk having their reservation turned away by hostile locals. Then the couple usually retire behind the walls of their villa and watch television. By the former First Lady's own count, every 15th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Up, Baby Doc? | 2/16/1987 | See Source »

...What does it mean," thinks a Boston policeman stopping a Black teenager speeding in a Saab turbo, "when Blacks can routinely live as good or better lives than I?" The policeman rebels against the thought, deciding that a kid having fun in a graduation present must be a felon, and so instead of receiving a moving violation, someone's child is dragged down to the station though he has registration in hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shopkeeper's Dilemma | 11/8/1986 | See Source »

...Mercedes-Benz. The latest manifestation of Honda's vaulting ambitions is its bold entry into the U.S. luxury-car market. Well established in the so-called yuppie market with its comfortable Accord, the company takes aim with its latest entry, the Acura, at such upscale trademarks as BMW and Saab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honda in a Hurry | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...often the only things learned at Harvard are how to make a buck, spend a buck and pass the buck. Inequality was a problem of the sixties. We have other problems now, like what Saab to buy. Or how not to get herpes. Things haven't progressed that much. We can't be fooled by holiday ceremony speeches into believing that the dream has been actualized. Half of Black families live in poverty. Reagan says his administration has helped Blacks. Under Reagan white unemployment fell, Black unemployment rose. Under Reagan white poverty fell, Black poverty rose. The Reagan recovery...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: Well, Happy Birthday | 1/22/1986 | See Source »

...follow-up products to keep children coming back for more. The companies aim to make their toys into celebrities so that children will accept no substitutes. The strategy is working. Youngsters now pick out their playthings with the fussiness of a young professional shopping for his or her first Saab. "They are smart kids growing up very fast," says Polly Hallett, marketing director for Fisher- Price toys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle of the Fun Factories | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

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