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...their children and the family dog were upstairs in the executive mansion in Albany last week when a neighbor, Julian Quarles, 25, paid them an unexpected visit. Sometime between midnight and 7 a.m., Quarles climbed a 7-ft.-high fence outside the house, broke a window to unlock the front door, and walked in, unnoticed by the two guards stationed outside. He took a video recorder, a silver punch bowl, two candlesticks, a tray, a coffee urn and two platters...
...major party. As Geraldine Ferraro had told them earlier in accepting her nomination (by acclamation) as the vice-presidential candidate, "By choosing a woman to run for our nation's second-highest office, you send a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock...
...said in a low-keyed but firm voice when the tumult subsided. "I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is a land where dreams can come true for all of us." Her selection, she said, sent "a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limit on achievement." Stressing the openness of her party, she declared, "Change is in the air, just as surely as when John Kennedy beckoned America to a New Frontier; when Sally Ride rocketed into space, and when Rev. Jesse Jackson ran for office of President...
...last word in luxury luggage. Marlene Dietrich once crammed 23 trunks bearing Vuitton's famous initials into her limousine before a trip. Now Paris-based Vuitton, whose retail prices range from $235 for a duffel bag to $1,225 for a hard-frame suitcase, has decided to unlock itself and let in public owners. In a unique double offering, the 130-year-old company (1983 sales: $100 million) listed its stock on the Paris Bourse last week, and plans to sell 258,000 common shares on the U.S. over-the-counter market later this month. This will...
...Island and 100 miles northeast of Japan. Hard by the U.S. ships-and sometimes directly under their bows-was a fleet of as many as 40 Soviet vessels, including a missile cruiser, oceanographic ships, trawlers and specialized salvage ships. Both sides were frantically searching for a prize that could unlock some of the mysteries of the last ghastly minutes of Korean Air Lines Flight 007: the "black box" flight-and voice-recording devices that were stored in the tail assembly of the Boeing 747 airliner. Said a U.S. official in Washington: "There is one helluva race going on out there...