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...dozens of unscrupulous Western technobandits eager to cash in on the Kremlin's 500% markups by acting as middlemen. So numerous and willing are the technobandits that the Soviets are able to get three or four bids for a single transaction. A valuable piece of high-tech gadgetry can sail a circuitous route before it "jumps the wall," in Customs agents' parlance, to the East bloc. Last month U.S. marshals arrested Marino Pradetto, 46, the Italian operator of a West German electronics firm who was in California for a trade fair, and charged him with illegal diversion of a powerful...
...cross an ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away ten miles from here?" That was Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres' reaction last week to the latest developments in a Middle East peace initiative by Jordan's King Hussein that has found qualified acceptance in Washington. Not surprisingly, after years of Jordanian refusal to deal directly with Israel, Peres was skeptical, and so were many of his countrymen...
...trawler. The answer, for them, is in the name of their boat, Yolo, for You Only Live Once. Donna and Will Adams spent nine winters on a 22-ft. sailboat called Echoue (Aground). He used to teach French at Lamar University in Texas. Now they sail and work at whatever comes to hand. "We like to read," Will explains. "This way we can do it six to eight hours a day." Another couple, former New Yorkers, admit that living together on a boat is a discipline. "You have to move properly, speak only when spoken to. But houses are claustrophobic...
...expect Stroudsburg to sail past the Crimson into the Final Four simply based on their past record. Because where the spikers are concerned, betting the odds can be a costly habit...
...first glance you can tell that it isn't a piano. Hang so that the point faces down, the top fifth is a black stucco-like strip. The bottom, a triangle, is a mixture of grey, green and purple; all of which may add up to an upside-down sail, or as the artist. John Ahr '86 says, a type of a peepshow...