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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Similar stories of crime are coming from other cities. In Tianjin (Tientsin), the local press last month reported on "criminal elements who provoke fights, rob pedestrians and humiliate and insult women in broad daylight." In Peking, there have been reports of small bands of young men who lie in wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Pickpockets, Muggers, Thieves | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Finally Gueiler, who had been a confidante of Chile's late Marxist President Salvador Allende Gossens, caved in to Garcia Meza's demand, appointing Rocha Patino to the army post last week. He obligingly proclaimed that the protesting officers were now ready "to bear with dignity and stoicism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Revolving Door | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Gueiler is trying a more workable approach. Last week she announced a package of tough new policies. Among them: a stiff hike in the price of gasoline and other fuels and a 25% peso devaluation. But her tough new plan provoked a warning from the heads of the powerful Central...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Revolving Door | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Morgan Guaranty argued that the attachment orders, which are automatically issued in West Germany in cases of disputed debts, were necessary to cover possible losses from Iran's default on a $500 million loan. It had been made by an eleven-bank syndicate that included Morgan and was headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bankers Grab the Booty | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

That was certainly true for the West German government. In a move that left Bonn officials sputtering in helpless surprise, Morgan Guaranty Trust, the U.S.'s fifth largest bank and a leading creditor of the Iranian government, quietly went into an Essen court and attached Iran's 25...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bankers Grab the Booty | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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