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...fleecing the cab driver, after some chit-chat through the communication panel, they discover that he is, as Theresa puts it, "one of us." After a liberal tip for their comrade in arms, their resources are a bit depleted. Brassy Theresa gets the bright idea of lifting the wallet of a wealthy Middle Eastern who asks for a slow dance at the first stop of their pub-hopping journey. Little do they suspect that lover boy is going to check his funds while the two are powdering their noses, so a quick get away in his 450 SEL, conveniently parked...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: Courting Communism | 6/26/1986 | See Source »

...would be well-advised to check the prices before reaching for the wallet, however. These expensive champagnes range in price from...

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Big Bucks Time for Square Merchants | 6/3/1986 | See Source »

...those readers who may be ambivalent about their own choices. However, Mr. Smith provided little wisdom at all, serving only to perpetuate inaccurate and damaging stereotypes. Though "Pre-Meds" may be overzealous in their quest for grades, I doubt that any would stoop so low as to steal a wallet. It wouldn't even help their grades. Mr. Smith chose only to portray every college major in its worst stereotypical light. Attitudes such as these, even if in jest, serve only to misinform and misrepresent. To add insult to injury, Mr. Smith engaged in blatant sexism. He wrote that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not Provocative | 5/16/1986 | See Source »

...Economics major. What position do you play?" or "Irving there is a Computer Science major. He's going to make a lot of money, but he's not a real person." or "Nancy is a Gov jock. Not bad looking for a fascist, eh?" or even "Watch your wallet; Bruce there behind...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Fatal Mistake | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...would rather walk around Athens airport waving an Israeli flag than walk around the Port Authority [bus station] in New York waving my wallet," William A. Davis, travel editor of The Boston Globe, told the audience of 37 at the K-School's IOP forum on "Terrorism and Tourism: Flying the Unfriendly Skies...

Author: By Kenneth A. Gerber, | Title: Experts: Tourists Overreacting to Terrorist Threat | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

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