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...that drooped flower-like from his breast pocket, called the settlement "a shameless agreement" and "a disaster in terms of the punishment that should have been meted out." He said B.C.C.I. had raked in some $200 million from the money- laundering scheme, which undercover customs agents exposed in a sting operation...
...late 1980s of the secret black network within the bank whose existence TIME disclosed in articles in July. The network used bribery, extortion, kidnapping and possibly murder to further the bank's aims. Last week sources told TIME that the black network surfaced briefly in the U.S. during a sting operation that forced B.C.C.I. to plead guilty in Tampa last year to laundering drug money. Members of the group came forward to offer their chilling services to undercover U.S. Customs agents who posed as money launderers. But when the agents sought to broaden their investigation to include a probe...
Unplugged's easygoing atmosphere attracts stars. Elton John, Paul McCartney and Sting are among the names who have strummed or banged out their hits without the help -- or hindrance -- of amplifiers and electric guitars. Performing without high wattage, muses Sting, makes it necessary "to rethink the music in terms of the arrangement, dynamics and presentation. You are forced to excavate the structure of a song from under layers of synthesizers and overdubbed voices...
...QUAYLE has found a sympathetic statesman in HELMUT KOHL. The stolid German Chancellor knows the sting of scorn because political opponents long portrayed him as a slow-witted bumbler. After the Vice President visited Bonn in early June, Kohl told aides he thought Quayle had an impressive grasp of global issues. The meeting left Kohl wondering why Quayle gets such negative press...
...years ago, he explains, he made similar speeches but no one listened. "There are moments in history when ideas catch fire," Tsongas says. "Back then I lit a match and nothing happened. Now gasoline is all over the floor." His own liberal voting record takes much of the sting out of the blunt talk...