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...posh. Yachts and other pleasure craft are so numerous that dock space in Newport Beach's harbor rents for as much as $300 a month for a 30-footer. Local Mercedes Dealer Jim Slemons has doubled his business in four years and stocks eight acres of cars. In a branch of his Beverly Hills boutique, Clothier Alan Austin reflects on this Riviera's conspicuous consumers: "They have the money, and they're not afraid to spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orange Riviera | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

Like her predecessors, Burrows will keep the Army on a conservative tack. The U.S. branch was a founder of the USO but resigned from the group in 1976 when it began serving alcohol to soldiers. In 1981 the Army quit the World Council of Churches after it awarded welfare grants to guerrilla organizations that eventually overthrew the white minority regime in Rhodesia. The Army found aid for violent groups inappropriate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A New General Takes Charge | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

Reporters in almost any other branch of journalism qualify their statements constantly. You would never read a rewritten version of a politician's press release in a paper, but you are very likely to find a doctor's press release, slightly reworded, in newsprint. This is not because doctors are known to write better than politicans, but because by and large the reporters may shy away from trying to understand science...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Mixing Research With Reporting | 8/5/1986 | See Source »

Staff members said that a Bank of Boston branch may succeed the restaurant. The owners of the Cambridge restaurant and the owners of the Mug-N-Muffin franchise could not be reached for comment yesterday...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Popular Coffee Shop Closes | 7/29/1986 | See Source »

...spiritual, mental and physical health of the entire community. If fancy facilities bring in more wealthy members, well and good. Their dues help support activities for the less privileged. Notes Celeste Wroblewski, spokeswoman for YMCA of the U.S.A., the Chicago headquarters of the more than 2,000 branch organization: "Collectively, Ys are the nation's largest provider of child care; 71% of the youngsters come from families with incomes of less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Putting on the Ritz At the Y | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

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