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Finding a ring lost in the ocean would seem almost impossible. But according to Amaral's employer, Commercial Salvager Harvey Harrington, locating the ship was actually "embarrassingly easy." At least seven earlier expeditions had failed to find it. By contrast, Harrington's company, Sub-Sal of Reno, Nev., pinpointed the site in just three weeks last April, thanks to state-of-the-art devices that are making treasure hunters both more scientific and more successful. Where once these undersea detectives took a wild plunge with ancient charts and a hunch, the modern salvage team can reduce the search...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Davy Jones Meets the Computer | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

Robert Cunningham, a Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., police detective, had been a regular at Sal's Pizzeria in nearby Yonkers for eight years when, one night in March, he decided to offer Waitress Phyllis Penzo an unusual tip. "Hey, Phyl, I've got a lottery ticket in my pocket," he said. "Why don't we split the card?" Penzo took her chances, helped choose the numbers and ended up with a very nice tip in deed: $3 million. The newly made millionaires have modest plans for their winnings. While they both have dreams they want to fulfill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Lightning Strikes | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

Goals; H, Tim McCaffrey 3, Tom Corcoran 2, Chris Pujols 2, Jamia Wright 2, Martin Garcia, Peter Follows, Rob Hurlbut; CWP, Pete Sanders 2, Jim Dobreff 2, Tom Germano 2, Wade Richter, Rich Mullen, Jim Bovich, Sal Mattese, John Campbell...

Author: By Mark Mead, | Title: Laxwomen and Laxmen Post Weekend Victories | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

...filed for bankruptcy last year, they were accused of trying to rid themselves of unwanted labor contracts. "In itself, the decision will not cause companies to file for bankruptcy," said New York University Law Professor Lawrence King, a bankruptcy expert. "But it will make bankruptcy more attractive." Bildisco President Sal Valente disagreed: "Going into Chapter 11 is debilitating. Doing it just to solve a union problem would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bankruptcy as an Escape Hatch | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...drink at Healy's Cafe, now Pete's Tavern, and still on 18th Street. One of the rare continuing neighborhood disputes concerns O. Henry. The people at Pete's claim that he wrote The Gift of the Magi in a booth there. A plaque at Sal Anthony's, a restaurant on the site of O. Henry's home, half a block from Pete's, insists that he composed the story in "two feverish hours" sitting in his wide front window-writing of the wife who sells her beautiful hair at Christmastime in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Christmas in a Small Place | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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