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...tyranny and bloodshed which follows the accession of the military leaders. In one of the book's most touching scenes he helps his granddaughter's lover, a high official in the administration of the deposed socialist President, escape sure death by smuggling him into a foreign embassy in the trunk of his chauffeured Mercedes...

Author: By Guad Y. Ohana, | Title: Lyrical Elocuence, Tortured Politics | 6/4/1985 | See Source »

...victim's mother. Still in curlers and carrying a forgotten hot fudge sundae, she approached the two officers, wailing. "Please tell me it ain't him, please tell me it ain't him," again and again at the top of her lungs. Gently putting her sundae on the trunk of the cruiser, O'Hara led her away, quietly trying to console...

Author: By Adam H. Gorfain and Benjamin N. Smith, S | Title: A Ride on the Wild Side | 4/18/1985 | See Source »

Ferriola's bosses were apparently sympathetic. On Jan. 10 Yaras was sitting in his car near Rogers Park in Chicago, where he normally collected the Mob's cut from bookies, when two gunmen opened fire, killing him. On Feb. 10 Smith's body was found in the trunk of his car in suburban Arlington Heights, Ill. He had been brutally beaten, and his throat was cut. On Feb. 13 English finished a roast pig dinner at Horwath's restaurant in Elmwood Park, Ill., trading small talk for more than two hours with, among others, two Cook County judges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Days for the Mafia | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...released clouds of leaflets promising swift retaliation in the event of hostile action against Israel's withdrawing forces. But about the only violence that day occurred when armed men dragged a pajama-clad man, suspected of collaborating with the Israelis, from his house, bundled him into a car trunk and drove off. All told, half a dozen alleged collaborators are believed to have been killed in Sidon since the pullout. Many others had fled Sidon earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Emergence of the Shi'Ite Genie | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...list value of a decrepit 1964 Chevy Malibu $20,000? And why is everyone who opens its trunk instantly vaporized? Is it the great white whale of the freeways, or just another of the plot's red herrings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Quartet of Cult Objects | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

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