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...wooded town 130 miles west of Little Rock. In 1984 Seal played a part in Oliver North's campaign to prove that the Sandinista government was in league with Colombia's Medellin cocaine cartel. In exchange for a reduced sentence on drug-smuggling charges, Seal flew his C-123 transport plane to Managua and picked up 750 kilos of cocaine from a high-ranking Sandinista official, recording the transaction with hidden cameras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of A Smear | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...have our indomitable optimists. An outfit called the Millennium Society has lined up the QE2 to transport 3,000 people, all presumably upbeat, to a huge celebration at the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The authors of Megatrends 2000 look to "a period of stunning technological innovation, unprecedented economic opportunity, surprising political reform and great cultural rebirth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year 2000 | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

Miranda fails to build convincing suspense, and the dialogue is laughable at times, although this may be the translator's fault. The author manages, however, to transport the reader to a highly-charged and colorful location with de Matos as guide...

Author: By Joel Villasenor-ruiz, | Title: Greed and Lust In Early Brazil | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

...requiring increased water flows at the dams. Farmers, manufacturers and utilities are worrying about the consequences. In Lewiston, a port 748 km (465 miles) inland on the Snake River in Idaho, port director Ron McMurray says barge traffic may be halted several months a year, forcing farmers to transport cargo by rail or truck. Ron Reimann, who farms 1,295 hectares (3,200 acres) in Pasco, Wash., estimates that it will cost him $1.3 % million if he has to move his irrigation pumps to accommodate lower water levels. In addition, electricity rates are expected to rise as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Race to Rescue the Salmon | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

Panjwin and Qala Diza, villages on the Iranian frontier, are smuggling centers where a vibrant and imaginative black market has sprung up. Though the area is under heavy snow, fast-buck gangs transport tools, machinery, even construction equipment to sell in Iran, returning with food and spare parts for cars and trucks. Almost all the eggs in Kurdistan come from Iran, painstakingly brought in by foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: A Land of Stones | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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