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...executed in Florida in January. Bundy and Stevens were both enrolled as students at the University of Washington; Bundy was a senior while Stevens was a freshman. Bundy was also a former law student in the Northwest who had a fixation on police badges. And both men were avid consumers of pornography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Stalking The Green River Killer | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Junior Elliot Thomson, an avid New York Yankee fan, said it best: "Ken Phelps will have more home runs than RBI this year...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Golfer's Worst Nightmare | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

Junior Rob Manhole, an avid Celtics fan, has made it public: The Celtics should not make the NBA playoffs. Then they'll get the chance to draft Michigan's Glen Rice...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Golfer's Worst Nightmare | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

...avid proponent of educational reform stopped at Harvard during a national tour of American universities sponsored by Educators for Social Responsibility, a national teachers organization that encourages student involvement in social issues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soviet Educator Cites Difficulties of Reform | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

...began in January, when Terry Rakolta, a mother of four, first tuned in to Married . . . With Children because the title seemed to promise wholesome family entertainment. Instead, Rakolta discovered the raucous and sometimes raw adventures of the Bundy family. Horrified by the sexual and scatological humor, Rakolta became an avid monitor of the program and began sending its advertisers hundreds of protest letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Too Bawdy At the Bundys' | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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