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...himself to quit. After breaking his arm in an accident on icy steps outside his home two years ago, he began losing control of his now Falstaffian weight. A series of exercise machines -- a rowing machine, cross-country machine, stationary bicycle -- sit broken or largely unused in his attic. Bork has taken up poker in a floating game that regularly includes Scalia, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Education Secretary William Bennett and others. Bork is a popular addition: he is so unknowledgeable about the game that he keeps a list of winning hands beside his chair. "I never played poker before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Long and Winding Odyssey | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

Last week Lee made a grisly discovery: the corpses of 28 women and four men in the attic of his wife's factory. The victims, dead for 24 hours, were bound and gagged except for one, who turned out to be Park. Police say Park committed suicide, while the others, most of whom had worked for her, were strangled or swallowed lethal pills. Authorities suggest that Park, who was given to apocalyptic rantings, was the leader of a cult; with debts mounting in this world, she simply decided to lead her flock on to the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: 32 Corpses in The Attic | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

...interminable shots of students horsing around for the camera. Others strive for more professionalism, with rock songs on the sound track and TV news-style interviews. This year's video for Eastwood High School in Pemberville, Ohio, opens with an old woman rummaging through a trunk in her dusty attic. Inside she finds a forgotten videocassette, which she pops into a VCR. The tape, of course, turns out to be Eastwood High's 1986-87 video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Lights! Camera! Graduation! | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

Toys in the Attic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ongoing Exhibits | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

Toys in the Attic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ongoing Exhibits | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

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