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...street, and personally says goodbye to each member of the studio audience filing out of her daily tapings. Despite her lavish life-style, Oprah notes, her plates still don't match, and she says she gave up a chauffeur because "it drove me crazy having someone at my beck and call." She now drives herself to work in a Jaguar convertible, often with her hair dripping wet from her morning shampoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oprah Winfrey: Lady with a Calling | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Earlier prosecutors were forced to fight the union's corruption by charging individual leaders with specific crimes: Teamsters President Jackie Presser, for example, is under indictment for racketeering and embezzlement, and past Presidents Dave Beck, Jimmy Hoffa and Roy Williams all went to jail. RICO frees the Justice Department to take action against an entire institution. Building on more than 300 convictions of Teamsters and union-related Mob figures since 1970, the lawsuit portrays the leadership of the 1.6 million- member union as a front for the Mafia. Organized crime, charged Giuliani, "has deprived union members of their rights through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking A Devil's Pact | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

Women's Soccer: First Team--Karin Pinezich, forward; Andrea Montalbano, back. Second Team--Tracy Hackeling, back; Lori Barry, back; Honorable Mention--Julie Sasner, midfielder; Cari Lyn Beck, back...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Crimson Athletes Cop Honors | 12/1/1987 | See Source »

...rest of the cast can't match Zawawi's power, but special mention goes to Tom Tremoulet for creating an elegantly arrogant yet ultimately insecure Brandon. Valerie Beck is also superb as the tipsy, irreverent flapper Leila Arden. Adam Selipsky was less successful at portraying the weak, drunken Granillo, turning to over-acting at times--it is hard to imagine a college kid literally shrieking with nerves. And Charlie Kempf was guilty of a touch of woodenness, even in the role of the basically awkward and wooden Kenneth Raglan, the varsity athlete...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Knot Nice | 11/13/1987 | See Source »

...season marks the end of the Harvard soccer career for six booters. Co-Captains Tracee Whitley and Karin Pinezich, midfielders Julie Sasner and Julie Agar, and fullbacks Cari Lyn Beck and Lori Barry have hung up their jerseys for the last time...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: NCAA Just Says No To Booters | 11/3/1987 | See Source »

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