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...left city hall last week, Myerson insisted she would return. "I ^ have done nothing wrong," she declared. "I state unequivocally that I never in any way helped Mr. Capasso to get any city contract." But the mayor, who has been stung by criminal prosecutions against more than half a dozen city officials, was hedging his bets on whether his erstwhile ally would reclaim her position. Said Koch: "I am withholding my judgment as it relates to her situation." Despite Myerson's determination, the former beauty queen may find herself ruefully pondering Shakespeare's famous lines about the head that wears...
...Israeli government minister described to TIME how North had directed the diversion of Iranian arms profits to Swiss bank accounts. His story: stung by the official American announcement that money had been paid by "representatives of Israel" into Swiss accounts controlled by the contras, the three top leaders of the Jerusalem government summoned Amiram Nir, North's liaison in Israel, to tell them what happened. Nir waved a piece of green paper at them. Said he: "This is all I got from Oliver North. This is a name of a Swiss bank and the account number in North's handwriting...
...landscape full of wisteria and white peacocks. Woven through these galleries are some of the most deliriously awful canvases of the 19th century, marvels of the salon in their day, high-finance porn of the ripest sort: Cabanel's The Birth of Venus, Clesinger's notorious Woman Stung by a Serpent. "Certainly we have bad paintings," sniffs Director Cachin. "We have only the 'greatest' bad paintings...
Finance Minister Dilson Funaro, stung by criticism of the economic-reform package that he helped shape, submitted his resignation. Funaro returned to work, however, after Sarney expressed confidence in him and refused to accept his departure...
Kodak's decision stung. For the first time, a major U.S. company had said it was selling its assets and simply walking away. Western firms that leave South Africa typically continue selling products there, often through local companies that buy the assets of the departing corporations. According to Kodak, its South African revenues were less than 1% of its $10 billion worldwide sales last year. Said Kodak Chairman Colby Chandler: "We cannot see with any certainty a time when South Africa will be free from apartheid. The implication of that situation is a degree of business risk that...