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Thompson became a legend among state cops. "We were always one step behind him," says Indiana Police Captain Doug Buck. Declared Thompson last week before dictating his 13-page confession: "I wouldn't attempt to guess how many states I've worked." He immediately ticked off eight. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: A Forger Checked | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

"The job interview was going smoothly until his interviewer made a confession. 'Son,' he said, 'I've had to pass you over for a man I exchanged words with on a street corner and whom I haven't seen since. The truth is Joe, he's been to college."

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Huntington and 'Poonsters Collect 'Wages of Sin' | 4/7/1976 | See Source »

The question is, after all the pain and bad feelings, was it worth it? The answer is yes, and one reason for that answer is Redford. If he was never completely satisfied with any of his coworkers' contributions, he turned out to be a shrewd editor of their work, choosing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Watergate on Film | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

The new Penance also offers group services; but to be one of the seven sacraments, such rites must include time for worshipers to confess individually. The Vatican permits en masse sacramental confession and absolution only when there is an extreme shortage of clergy, as in mission lands or war zones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Out of the Box | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

The reform follows a drop-off over the past decade of 60% or more in individual confessions, once a weekly or monthly routine for the devout. Says Robert Burns, executive editor of U.S. Catholic magazine: "The church realized it had to do something-the situation was rapidly deteriorating." Among the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Out of the Box | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

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