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...early-morning gloom of Saigon's muggy pre-monsoon season, an alarm clock shrills in the stillness of a second-floor bedroom at 38 Phung Khac Khoan Street. The Brahmin from Boston arises, breakfasts on mango or papaya, sticks a snub-nosed .38-cal. Smith & Wesson revolver into a shoulder holster, and leaves for the office...
Great Name. The $16 million purchase of Canada Dry stock followed Simon's typical pattern for takeover of a company (TIME, Aug. 23). He bought the stock through his Hunt Foods, which, in addition to controlling McCall Corp., owns Wesson Oil, Ohio Match, Fuller Paint and a 7% share of Wheeling Steel. Canada Dry is just the kind of company that Simon thinks can benefit from his brand of management, which is devoted to a constant search for change and improvement. "Canada Dry has a great name and a strong brand position," he says, "but earnings are modest...
...bloody, abortive 1932 revolt against President Getúlio Vargas. In the ugly spirit of '32, a Congressman from Sao Paulo cried recently: "We are ready-old, young, even children-to go again to the trenches." Says middle-roading Congressman Joao Calmon, who now packs a Smith & Wesson .38: "Brazil is catching fire so rapidly, we cannot accept a dinner date any more without wondering whether we'll be able to keep...
...back of the chamber. "I will speak today," he began, "with my eyes turned to Senator Silvestre Péricles de Góes Monteiro, who . . . who . . . who has threatened to kill me today." "Swine," roared Góes Monteiro, 67, charging down the aisle. Mello drew his Smith & Wesson .38, ducked behind a seat-and fired twice. An old hand at political gunplay, Góes Monteiro whipped out his own .38, but another Senator jumped him before he could fire. When the bedlam subsided, a third Senator, José Kairala, 48, was lying in a pool of blood...
Having spent more than an hour in a traffic jam with nothing else to do but ponder this puzzling paradox, I finally decided he must perforce be using the Smith and Wesson model 41 with the short barrel. This seems to me the only possible weapon consistent with his character...