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...that he is exemplary, perhaps the best among their 4,797 Regular Army proselytizers: a few weeks ago, in a ceremony at his Eastgate Plaza office on a sunny day as crisp as cold soda, Recruiter of the Year Pat Yasenak had a Meritorious Service Medal pinned to his chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Washington: Missionary | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

Democratic contender Rep James M. Shannon (D Lawrence) also recently announced he would not accept PAC money, though opponents have charged that he is transferring money from his congressional war-chest to the Senate campaign...

Author: By Adam H. Gorfain and Michael W. Hirschorn, S | Title: Senate Candidate Richardson Decides To Join the Anti-PAC Bandwagon | 5/8/1984 | See Source »

...rotund man with the barrel chest and impeccable mustache would sit down at the piano, pop his fingers a couple of times to get the rhythm just right and, boom, his band would take off. Reeds and brasses would blast out in an ensemble sharp enough to shave with, trombones explosively punctuating the seductive murmurs of the saxophones. As the smoke cleared, there would be the piano, light and airy in the right hand, gentle in the left, keeping the whole thing together. "I'm only part of the rhythm section," William (''Count") Basie would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 7, 1984 | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...long, windmill-Uke solar array panels and fire the minijets on his MMU to match Max's spin of one revolution every 6 min. Using a trunnion-pin attachment device (TPAD), a hollow canister-shaped mechanism strapped like a huge belly button to the chest of his suit, Nelson would gently bump the 5,000-lb. satellite's protruding trunnion pin (installed for just such a rescue). Three rubber-coated, spring-loaded jaws in Nelson's TPAD were supposed to snap like a mousetrap, firmly locking Max's trunnion into place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Capturing an Errant Satellite | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...philosophical allies." The coach is a mountainous black man with an entirely and overtly black team. Freshman Michael Graham, 6 ft. 9, by some accounts a wanton player, shaves his head. In appearance and manner, he resembles Actor James Earl Jones portraying the boxer Jack Johnson, thumping his chest and shouting, "It's my turn, and I'm going to take my turn." Thompson smiles when he notes, "We like to tease our enemies," but not when he says, "I've stopped worrying about fair and unfair. It doesn't ever balance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hoops and Huggable Hoyas | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

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