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...clients gave Meltzer $55,000, told TIME that Meltzer did introduce him to two supposed sons of the sheik in Florida. One was called Prince Ali Ben Ramon, a light-skinned man who spoke with an Oxford accent and drove a Rolls-Royce. The other was Mustafa, a much swarthier man who drove a red Mercedes. Gulve also spoke on the phone to someone who identified himself as Sheik Rahman, and found his accent decidedly Eastern. Says Gulve: "I told him that if he was the sheik, he must own all of Brooklyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Son of Abscam | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

Perhaps the most interesting man to watch among the enemy tomorrow is none other than the running back son of the Bruin Coach, little McLaughry, Jr. Austen Lake has called him "a lean, strapping 197-pounder with the same angular put-together and legginess of his sire, though swarthier in complexion and a brunet in place of his dad's blondness." That's quite a mouthful, but then this boy will have to be good, for the Bear ends are only fair, and the rest of the Bear line is going to have quite an afternoon tomorrow

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Harlow Eases Off For Year's Opener With Bruin Team | 9/30/1938 | See Source »

...When Nazi newsorgans make their "pure race" point about the French being a "Negroid people" they commonly print a picture of M. Laval whose dead white tie makes his face appear by contrast even swarthier than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Dawn Cabinet | 6/17/1935 | See Source »

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