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...made two or three modest fortunes, lost them, collected women and offspring along the way, and killed any number of people, though no one knew how many murders were real and how many tall stories. The book's opening scene describes Watson's execution by a band of his Chatham River neighbors who ambushed him from the banks as he put-putted up to his dock in one of the first motorboats folks had ever seen. Thirty-one bullets were used to lay this legend to rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Wild Tread of God KILLING MISTER WATSON by Peter Matthiessen | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

...fiscally weakened schools, such tactics may only postpone the inevitable. The turmoil at Mills could soon be repeated at Pittsburgh's Chatham College, a tiny (615 students) liberal arts school, whose trustees are scheduled to vote in October on whether to admit men. To many young women the rush to coeducation has created a disturbing, and unjustified, diminution of educational choices. "Women's colleges have not become obsolete," maintains Catie Hancock, 21, a Bryn Mawr junior. "It is other factors that kill these schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dollars, Scholars and Gender | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he moved with his wife, nee Betty Crockett (a direct descendant of Davy), and his son Thomas IV. The breathtaking scenery and anything-goes ambiance soon attracted a freewheeling constellation of characters that included fellow writer Richard Brautigan, actor Peter Fonda, painter Russell Chatham and director Sam Peckinpah. Before long, stories started coming out of the valley, ribald tales of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that have become part of the local lore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOM MCGUANE: He's Left No Stone Unturned | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

City officials, who have been managing to tear down only about 250 derelict structures a month, initially cast a blind eye on the copycat barn razings that followed. Events took on the atmosphere of a block party in some neighborhoods. But then a scuffle broke out on Chatham Street, after house busters blocked the road with debris from the makeshift crack house and brothel they tore down. The Motor City demolition derby has now resulted in five arrests for wrecking without a permit -- and a healthy increase in the number of houses the city is clearing away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit: Anybody Home? | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

...lease runs only through December 31, Daly said, adding that he expects Chatham will then redevelop the property. The landlords could not be reached for comment...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Somerville Theatre Reopens | 1/20/1989 | See Source »

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