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The strange bit justifies-to the extent that a Pudding plot requires-Lyfe's complicity in an elaborate hoax masterminded by billionaire "horseshoe magnate" Richard Denuar (Jason Tomarken). Uncertain of his family's affection in his declining years, Denuar hits upon a clever scheme to test the love of his...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Medicine Ball | 2/24/1988 | See Source »

But in reality the Captain stays close to shore these days, and there he often amazes himself by falling in love with his actual surroundings. Middle age expands one's range of loving, discovers Captain Midlife. The objects of his deepest affection are things he once ignored or took for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Captain Midlife Sends a Valentine | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

Especially for the capitalists, the disparate value of gold and silver is undeniable. "It still shocks me, the warmth and affection," Hamill says twelve years after her triumph at Innsbruck. "It never goes away." She continues to make star turns on television. Meanwhile, Lake Placid Silver Medalist Linda Fratianne, Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skater Debi Thomas: The Word She Uses Is Invincible | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

Raised in a middle-class Catholic family in a Philadelphia suburb, Haig was energetic and determined even as a boy, with his sights set on being a soldier. His older sister Regina recalls young Alec at age four, in a little cap, blowing his toy bugle until his lips were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is This Man Running? | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

At big prizefights, his favorite entertainment ("I enjoy being at a fight, I think, more than anything. The simplicity of it: two guys, no zone defenses"), Madden stirs more ripples of recognition than the actors and actresses, along with a surprising level of affection. "There aren't a lot of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Madden: I'M Just a Guy | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

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