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Oftentimes I will steal into a millinery shop and try on an elegant hat. I pose it on my head and look into the mirror a la Dietrich, glancing around to make sure no one is watching me. I then quickly return it to the rack. Next time I promise to be brave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 16, 1983 | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

...this 'Oops, what happened?' look on his face." Such techniques are sometimes used later in life to write popular computer games-or pull off staggeringly large computer frauds. (Computer Whiz Stanley Mark Rifkin, who was a hacker at California State University Northridge, used his software expertise to steal $10.2 million from California's Security Pacific National Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pittsburgh, Hacking the Night Away | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

Some firms already foresee a rebound and are starting to buy oilfield equipment on the cheap. "Anyone can steal a rig now," says James Jackson of Jim Davis Auctioneers in Dallas. "All the boys out there are hurting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Up with Dry Holes | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...batwomen jumped out quickly retiring the Smith side in the top of the first and then using a running game to come away with a 1-0 advantage after one inning. With Pat Horne on second the result of a walk and a steal sophomore Ann Wilson belted a shot to the Smith outfield sending Home scampering. By the time the senior Co-Captain had reached home. Harvard had its one-run lead...

Author: By Maria C. Barbuto, | Title: Batwomen Drop First Game, 5-2 | 4/15/1983 | See Source »

...four hours,' 'I'll cop in three hours.' Sometimes I'd just leave early and go cop." Before long, the interest she received on her trust fund was not enough to pay her drug bills. "The coke made me absolutely insane. I'd steal silver and gold jewelry from my family and friends. That would be my motivation for going to people's houses." She also began to dip into her capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting Cocaine's Grip: At First I Was Scared | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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