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...scantily clad young women strolled the sidewalks a few blocks from New York's Madison Square Garden, eying the men passing by and uttering an inviting "Hi!" They were posing as prostitutes, trying to get arrested in order to stir a protest against the city's new antiloitering law. But two streetwise cops caught the ploy. "They didn't have the moves," scoffed...
According to witnesses, Romano was staring at two men talking in front of the cafe's coffee machine. One of the pair said "Hi" to him, at which point Romano reportedly began talking incoherently and accused the man of following...
During the year's first quarter, Japan's output of goods and services rose 3.5% from late 1975. That was far behind the U.S. performance of 8.7%. But it was ahead of last year's 3.1% increase and even better hi comparison with the grim year of 1974, when real G.N.P. actually shrank by 1.2% and many companies were driven toward bankruptcy. Now corporate earnings are once again on the rise. Official unemployment -which never got much above 2% of the work force-and inflation have abated. The Japanese are responding by buying apparel, leisure equipment, vacations...
Vergennes's undercover agent, Beaumarchais, 44, is the brash son of a watchmaker. By charm and ability, he worked hi way into the salons of French aristocracy, and he won Vergennes's confidence in two previous secret missions to London. He first bought up and destroyed the alleged memoirs of Madame du Barry, mistress to the late King Louis XV. He returned to London last year to negotiate for the return of some incriminating documents about a proposed French invasion of England. One of Louis XV's secret agents, the Chevalier...
Once Catherine had appointed Potemkin her adjutant general, the traditional title in such cases,* she was lavish hi her rewards. In addition to his regular monthly allowance of 12,000 rubles (.£2,200), he received special presents on festive occasions, often 100,000 rubles at a time, as well as jewels, furs and royal lands. Potemkin is now one of the largest landowners in Russia?yet he spends so prodigally that his debts are estimated at 200,000 rubles. Catherine has been equally lavish with her affections. Even though he lives near by, she has written him almost daily...