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The co-defendant: former billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. The now bankrupt Saudi Arabian arms dealer stands accused of conspiring with the Marcoses to conceal their illicit spending by backdating documents to make it appear that he, not the Marcoses, had bought four Manhattan skyscrapers valued at about $400 million. Actress Bo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judge Wapner, Where Are You? | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Diane, it's 10:05 a.m., and I've just arrived in New York City. What a place! Just smell those skyscrapers. Had breakfast at a little deli on Ninth Avenue. Cheese Danish and a cup of coffee, black as a moonless night. Hit the spot. Now I'm looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Disappearing TV Audience | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

Mesmerized by the prospect of a business boom that could produce thousands of new white-collar and service jobs, Milwaukee's civic leaders never gave much thought to the possibility of civil unrest. So it came as a shock when alderman Michael McGee proclaimed earlier this month that he was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eruptions in The Heartland: MCGEE'S MILITIA | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Folon was forced to study architecture by his parents; but upon turning 21 in 1955, he packed a small bag of art supplies and bolted for Paris, only six months before he could have received a university diploma. After several apprentice years, he met the artistic director of Olivetti, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Where Fantasy Teases Reality | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

Welcome to the world of microtechnology, where machines the size of sand grains are harnessed to do useful work. Huge numbers of microscopic sensors are already employed to measure the temperature, air pressure and acceleration of airplanes and automobiles. Delco Electronics alone sells 7 million silicon pressure sensors a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: The Incredible Shrinking Machine | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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