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...weeks ago, leaning on the letter of that law and the essential provision of presumed innocence, the diver Bruce Kimball posted bail on a double vehicular-manslaughter charge and instantly sprang back into the pike position. But he lost his Olympic trial and soon must turn to the other kind. What page of the paper suited this sad specter whose face was flattened by a drunk driver seven years ago? Since then he has garnered six traffic citations of his own, and one Olympic silver medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Spilling Over into the Streets | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...works Swansboro's Queens Creek, has seen his income from clams and oysters drop 50% in seven years; this year he was forced to apply for food stamps. New Jersey Fisherman Ed Maliszewski has used his small boat for only two weeks this year. He is trying to bail out, and so are others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Dirty Seas | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...have retired from public service, but Oliver North's past exploits continue to haunt him. Last week U.S. Attorney Henry Hudson tried to convince a Virginia judge to deny bail to an Arab-American businessman who had been involved "in a potential plot to assassinate a high Government official of the U.S." Administration sources later identified the official as North, who allegedly was targeted for his role in planning the April 1986 U.S. bombing of Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Libyan Travel Bureau | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

Judge Brinkema was unconvinced. If Hudson did not have enough evidence to charge Hawamda with plotting murder, she ruled, Hawamda could not be denied bail on that charge. He was ordered released on $250,000 bond, but remained in custody pending an appeal by Hudson early this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Libyan Travel Bureau | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

Would-be action stars need a sophisticated support system, and De Niro has lucked into a lulu. He plays Jack Walsh, an ex-Chicago cop who is now earning a perilous living in Los Angeles as a bounty hunter, returning bail jumpers to their bondsmen. It looks like an easy $100,000 when he is engaged to pick up Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin) in New York City and return him to Los Angeles before his bail must be forfeited. In comparison with Walsh's usual large, violent and well-armed prey, Mardukas is soft of bulk, mild of manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Is There Life in Shoot-to-Thrill? | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

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